The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend: "a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."
He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior."
(CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)
Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego).
"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008
Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:
A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist." (Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)
"A nutty lesbian blogger." (MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)
Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush
who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
Update: Donna Rose got on the air with Rover during his morning show, and she has posts up on her conversation here and here. Read freeper style comments by Rover listeners here.
Update 2: Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett has apologized, much as Ian Drew did previously. Read about it at GLAAD.
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As I'm writing this piece early August 15th, there are two stories of really dehumanizing comments by large, corporate media outlets towards trans people in the news. The more recent of the stories is from August 14th on the Fox News Channel, in which Fox aired a crude and obnoxious segment concerning the recent announcement of America's Next Top Model: there's going to be a transgender contestant on the show. The earlier piece is from August 13th, in which a syndicated Clear Channel Communication morning radio show referred to the recently murdered transgender teen Angie Zapata as a "man," a "he," a "he/she," a "thing," and an "it."
Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett and Us Weekly Editor-at-Large Ian Drew spent the segment gratuitously insulting the America's Next Top Model contestant, using dehumanizing terminology, inaccurate and inappropriate pronouns and offensive references to her anatomy.
While laughing and joking, Jarrett mocked Isis' description of herself as a woman whose "cards were dealt differently," and said, "That's an understatement!" Drew referred to recent instances of transgender visibility on reality television as "The Crying Game '08," going on to call the show "America's Next Top Tranny." Drew then said that she doesn't look any different from other contestants because "they are not exactly the most high-class group of women." Throughout the segment, Jarrett switched back and forth between male and female pronouns, and both Jarrett and Drew suggested that Isis "fooled" people by "blending in." They went on to make crude remarks about her genitalia and the pitch of her voice.
Here's the segment:
[Below the fold: Fox News Channel Contact Info ; "Rover's Morning Glory" uses defamatory language to refer to hate crime murder victim Angie Zapata.]
When I got into the car this morning to drive to work the radio was set to the local "rock" station. There was some sort of syndicated show on - the typical schtik with 3 crass, ignorant guys and one woman who generally disagrees with the idiots. I really didn't think much of it until the ring leader of this little troupe decided that he wanted to talk about Angie Zapata. That got my attention.
This crew is called "Rover's Morning Glory" and, as you might guess, the main star is Rover. Others of his crew include Dumb, Dieter, and Chocolate Charlie.
...The reason I waste my energy on these people at all is that they spent a good 15 minutes saying things that they need to be held accountable for. They explained the Angie Zapata story in the most disgusting, vile way possible - making sure to refer to Angie as a "man", a "he", a "he/she", a "thing", and an "it". They explained that her murderer was justified in being angry and in killing Angie. In fact, Rover said, if he were on the jury he'd vote to acquit. They implied that others would be justified in similar actions, and that Angie deserved it. It was disgusting, irresponsible, and crossed any boundary of decency.
The defamatory language really would be on par with having DJ's referring to a Matthew Sheppard as a "faggot" or a "fairy" on air, and saying they'd let his killers go if they were jurrors...It's really as abhorant as that.
The relevant contact info:
WMMS-- Clear Channel Cleveland
6200 Oak Tree Blvd. 4th Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44131-2510
(216) 520-2600
Wanna complain? or give props?
e-mail programming: Bo Matthews buzzard@wmms.com
Clear Channel Corporate Phone #:
Clear Channel
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone 1-210-822-2828
By the way, if you contact Fox or Clear Channel, you probably would want to reference what the Associated Press Styleguide says in their entry on transgender, and the GLAAD Media Reference Guide's Transgender Glossary on Defamatory Terminology.
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Related:
* Pam's House Blend tag: Angie Zapata * Pam's House Blend tag: Faux News * Pam's House Blend tag: Fox News
