Despite recent, horrible coverage by the BBC of the proposed Ugandan genocide of gays and lesbians, you’ve got to love the British press. They pull no punches.
The (U.K.) Guardian’s headline about the proposed legislation:
Anti-gay bigots plunge Africa into new era of hate crimes
Gets right to the point. Those proposing genocide are anti-gay bigots. Period.
Compare that to New York Times coverage:
Death Penalty for Gays? Uganda Debates Proposal
This is only story I found about the crisis in the New York Times and it is NOT a New York Times story. It’s an Associated Press story. Very neutral headline. Non-judgmental. Same headline might have been used for an article about something innocuous. “Increase spending for education? Uganda debates proposal” or for criminal activity: “Death penalty for rape? Uganda debates proposal.”
But this law is not about something innocuous and not about criminal activity. It is about genocide.
Another example. London Times:
Uganda’s Inhumane Bill
Clear. Unequivocal. This bill is genocide, which goes against all human morality. This bill is inhumane. Humans don’t do this.
Back to U.S. coverage:
Dallas Morning News:
Under proposed bill, some gays in Uganda could face death penalty
Same bland AP story as the NY Times. Note the downplay. “Some gays.” Others will be OK rotting in jail for the rest of their lives, but that’s OK. And their relatives and anyone else they want to jail? Hey, they just get three years. At least they’re not going to kill everyone.
Washington Post. Couldn’t even find the same, bland AP story.
For the only national coverage of this story, only Rachel Maddow is hammering the administration for not speaking out strongly about this and evangelical scum like Rick Warren who has hosted the author of this bill in his church and may have been involved in actually writing this legislation. And “The Daily Show,” not actually a news show, for bringing attention to this issue.

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