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Persistent Talk that Top Managers at Globe are Gay Activists There has been persistent talk across the state that three of the top news managers at the Boston Globe are gay activists. Not wanting to deal in rumors, but being aware of the fact that the Globe has been the main enemy of the Protection of Marriage Amendment, MassNews decided to ask the managers themselves.
Oliver tried Editor Martin Baron first. He got through to him directly after a couple of tries. He asked if the rumors were true that Baron is gay. "He sort of laughed and asked me why I want to know. I said because of the Globe's editorial positions. He said, 'I am not in charge of the editorials, but the news coverage.' Before I could get out another word, he quickly said, 'Anyway, it's a stupid question, go away, thanks.' Then he hung up." Oliver talked next with Helen Donovan. "I asked Donovan in the interest of disclosure if she was gay. She said she was not going to discuss her personal life. I asked about other editorial personnel. She thought that was funny, but said there is no reason to discuss their personal lives. I asked if she didn't want to at least say no, she is not a lesbian. But she wouldn't say.
Many people are concerned at this time because of the tremendous hostility of the Globe toward the Protection of Marriage Amendment. According to the sponsors of that Amendment, the Globe has been the biggest enemy of the measure they have observed. What Gay Editors Did to Jeff Jacoby The talk that three of the top news executives are gay is causing many to start connecting some of the dots. The Ombudsman at the Globe revealed in 1997 that both of Jeff Jacoby's editors were what the Ombudsman, himself, said were "gay activists." The subject came up because Jacoby had written that signs had been torn down at Harvard Law School by homosexual activists after a Christian group of students announced a meeting featuring a young man who had stopped practicing homosexuality. The signs were replaced with others such as, "For those struggling with Judaism, there is hope in the truth. You can walk away. (To the gas chambers.)." The Globe's token conservative, Jacoby, wrote in a column: "There is no hate in [the young speaker's] story. He doesn't berate gays, or mock them, or demand that they renounce homosexuality. He knows that many gays are content and happy with their lives. He also knows that many are not. . How was inviting this man to speak at Harvard analogous to sending Jews to gas chambers? Isn't his experience also an element of human 'diversity?' What does it say about gay advocates, who so loudly champion tolerance and freedom of sexual choice, that they are so poisonously intolerant of people who make a choice different from theirs?" Jacoby is Jewish.
Because of this column, Jacoby was publicly attacked by the Ombudsman a few weeks later. He revealed that Jacoby's column had almost been totally censored. There had been great conflict in the newsroom about it. He also revealed that the two activist editors were adamant that the column should not be printed. The Ombudsman opined that Jacoby had written "homophobic" columns before. The Ombudsman concluded that the editor was correct in running the column even though it was "offensive," and even though it's a "high price to pay for freedom of the press." In the future, "Jacoby's articles about homosexuality will be judged case by case," Fistgate When the Fistgate scandal broke in 2000, the Globe downplayed any problems. It wrote in an Editorial, "They [the teenagers at Fistgate] were asking the sorts of things teenagers ask every day." The questions included "fisting," "do lesbians rub their clits together," "should you spit after you suck another boy or man," and "whether oral sex was better with tongue rings," etc. When talk show host Jeannine Graf began
to talk about the scandal, the Globe went after her
in an article on June 1. It wrote that Graf was suspected
of being a Christian. The paper didn't report whether it had confirmed that she actually is a Christian. But it did express its concern that she might be. The article was titled, "Graf must be accountable, too." The goal of the meeting, according to the paper, was to "lower the rate of teen depression and suicide." But the Globe never revealed how explicit sexual instruction in "fisting," "oral sex" and other such topics would prevent depression or suicide. In fact, many persons pointed out that such instruction would increase the incidence of AIDS and other STDs and consequent depression. They never reported that many homosexuals called Graf and agreed that Fistgate should not have taken place. According to the reporter for the Globe, she spent "a few nights" listening to the Graf show and found a "disturbing" fact. She learned that many listeners believe the purpose of Fistgate was to encourage children to experiment in homosexual sex. "It's a specious idea that comes up repeatedly," the reporter wrote. She complained that "Graf does not contradict or correct her callers." But the problem with that was that anyone who listened to the tapes or read the transcripts could quickly see that the purpose of the meeting was to encourage the children to try the sex. Nevertheless, the reporter went on to attack Graf saying, "It's an idea rife with homophobia that can be used to rationalize all kinds of bigotry, including violence. Although Graf won't speak for her callers, she says she is not homophobic." There was a serious problem with how the reporter closed the article. She never gave one example of "hate" or "fables" on Graf's show and yet the following was printed. "Whether or not she agrees with the callers who go on air with hate-filled rhetoric or homophobic fables passed off as fact, she ought to take responsibility for what her listeners hear. To let lies go uncorrected is to be complicit in the bigotry they spread, which damages rather than promotes her legitimate discussion about the rights of parents. She's the adult here. She should recognize the implications of context as well as content." We still don't know the sexual orientation of the reporter. Serious Problem In light of these serious manifestations of gay bias and the serious attacks against the Marriage Amendment, many are wondering why the Globe will not report whether or not its top news executives are gay activists. Readers
Must Demand 'Truth in Packaging' from Globe Many readers of the Globe are now beginning
to wonder why we do not have "Truth in Packaging"
for their reporters. 
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