FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007
Newsweek
Gay journalists
Chris Crain and
Michelangelo Signorile debate the issue.
CRAIN: "[Statesman reporter
Dan] Popkey spent months interviewing anyone familiar with gay life in Washington, D.C., including me, asking questions about where closeted men cruise for sex. This is a witch hunt, not legitimate journalism, and it's only figuratively different than the airport policeman in Minneapolis who had the unfortunate assignment of sitting in a toilet stall for extended periods waiting for a neighbor to start tapping his feet suspiciously."
SIGNORILE: "There is no such thing as 'outing' -- it is reporting. What I am doing and have done over the years is no different from what other journalists do in reporting on heterosexuals and their relationships when relevant to a larger news event. We don't call that 'outing' -- we call it reporting."
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