June 19, 2016

ABC Decides Maybe It’s Best To Not Feature A Hate Group Leader Discussing The Orlando Shooting

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/19/3790189/abc-tony-perkins-orlando/
"This week, a prominent news agency considered offering a platform to the leader of an anti-LGBT hate group to discuss the Orlando shooting, then quietly dropped him from the show without ever mentioning that it was a bad idea in the first place. On Friday morning, ABC News released a preview of its guest line-up for This Week, its Sunday morning political talk show. Among those listed to join the “Powerhouse Roundtable” was Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council (FRC). FRC has long been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a prominent anti-LGBT hate-group, and Perkins himself has a notorious reputation for his anti-LGBT vitriol."