Media Silence On Dangers of Homosexuality

Despite an abundance of statistical data being published on virtually every conceivable comparison among groups, no data on the average lifespan of homosexuals compared to the national average, the cost of AIDS to the taxpayers compared to the cost of other diseases, much less a comparison of the incidence of child molestation among heterosexual and homosexual men, is likely to find its way through the filters of the intelligentsia to reach the public, even though there is a well-known national organization openly promoting homosexual relations between men and boys.  Conceivably, data on such matters might lay to rest some concerns about homosexuality expressed in some quarters, but few among the intelligentsia seem prepared to risk what the data might show if not filtered out.  In this, as in many other cases, it is too much for some to gamble the fate of a vision on a roll of the dice, which is what empirical verification amounts to for those dedicated to a vision.

This is especially true for reporters who are themselves homosexual - and there are enough such reporters to have a National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.  One homosexual reporter, who has worked for the Detroit News and the New York Times, knew about the role of public bathhouses frequented by gay men in spreading AIDS, but decided not to write about it because “I was hesitant to do a story that would give comfort to our enemies.”  Nor is this attitude peculiar to homosexual reporters.  Journalists hired under a "diversity" rationale as representatives of blacks, Hispanics or women have the same conflict between reporting news and filtering news for the benefit of the group they were hired to represent....

In short, the first loyalty of many journalists is not to their readers or television audiences who seek information from them, but to protecting the image and interests of the groups they represent under a "diversity" hiring rationale.  Such journalists are also under peer pressure to filter the news, rather than report the facts straight.

Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society, p.199