A New Year’s Day special half-hour report: How the world covered Barack Obama’s historic victory, and how the next president sees the global challenges ahead.
SOURCES: Russia Today, Russia; Comedy Central, U.S.; Once Noticias, Mexico; Al Alam, Iran; TV5 Monde, France; FCI, Japan; TRT, Turkey; CNN, U.S.; Deutsche Welle, Germany; BBC World, U.K.; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; CCTV, China; PressTV, Iran; KBS News, South Korea; CBS News, U.S.; NBC News, U.S.; ABC News, U.S.; South Asia Newsline, India; Telesur, Venezuela; TVE, Spain; Media Line, Israel
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Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps you navigate the news of the world by comparing and contrasting TV news reports. See all the episodes of Global Pulse at http://linktv.org/globalpulse
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On Fox News, Bill O’Reilly and Amanda Carpenter were more than happy to report on the new restrictions on YouTube, though without reporting on the the changes in profanity rules that are proving most controversial. Meanwhile, Fox Television, joined by other broadcast networks, is fighting all the way to the US Supreme Court to protect their right to broadcast profanity.
The changes in YouTube policy I discuss in this video are detailed in the December 2, 2008, YouTube blog entry at http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=AEX3_7h40mk
The short clip I used from “The O’Reilly Factor” was broadcast on Fox News on December 10, 2008.
The oral argument in Fox Television v FCC in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals from which I took two short clips for my video was originally broadcast on C-SPAN on December 20, 2006 and is available in full on the C-SPAN video archive online at http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=195903-1
At the top of the news, a brutal attack on a man in Brooklyn who was perceived as being gay because he was walking arm and arm with his brother has left Jose Sucuzhanay, 31, brain dead and has been taken off life support. We incorrectly reported that he had actually died based on published reports on Tuesday and he indeed may have by the time you see the show.
This week we explore an outrage in New York where police are falsely arresting gay men for prostitution. The scandal was exposed by Duncan Osborne of the Gay City News and he will join us for our last twenty minutes along with Robert Pinter, one of the gay men arrested in this disgusting abuse of police power. You can read Duncan’s story at:
Mr. Pinter has started a group called the Coalition to Stop the Arrests, You can contact him at STOPTHEARRESTS@aol.com
There will be a town hall meeting for the Coalition to Stop the Arrests on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 at 7 PM at the LGBT Community Center in NY at 208 W. 13th St. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project and the Center’s Office on Public Policy and Governmental Relations.
NOTE: I chastise our out gay elected officials and myself as an activist on the show for not doing enough to protest these false arrests. I should say that after taping our report, out gay State Senator Tom Duane of Chelsea and the West Side did indeed call me back and is looking into this outrage. We all have to get activated when police power is abused in this way because it makes us all targets of a tremendous injustice.
ALSO IN THE NEWS:
RIGHTWING FREAKS ACCUSE GAYS OF MOB VIOLENCE
NEWSWEEK COVER STORY MAKES RELIGIOUS CASE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
IOWA HIGH COURT HEARS CASE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE IS IN TURMOIL, JEOPARDIZING THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL (Since we taped, a deal with three renegade Democrats to vote for Malcolm Smith as Majority Leader was nixed by him and the Democrats may have to wait another two years to win a true and loyal majority.) Gay couples can go to CT, MA, or Canada to get legally married and it will be recognized in NY. Legislation is needed to open NY marriage bureaus to gay couples. To see how you can help, go to the Pride Agenda website at www.prideagenda.org
THE U.N. WILL CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS TO DECRIMINALIZE HOMOSEXUAL ACTS, BUT THE U.S. IS NOT ON BOARD AND THE VATICAN IS OPENLY OPPOSING IT. Go to www.gayusatv.org to see how you can help by contacting the outgoing and incoming administrations
ANDY REVIEWS LIZA
AND WE’LL REVIEW PROP 8: THE MUSICAL; which you can see at www.funnyordie.com
We focus this week on the upcoming election, particularly ballot initiatives in California, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas. In the most heavily contested initiative in California, your donations are closing the gap between us and our opponents and the polls are not closer, too. If you have not as yet donated, now is the time.
IN THE NEWS:
This week, we will show you a series of clips on the above campaigns and more from around the nation:
Joe Biden comes out against Prop 8 on “Ellen;” we have film
Controversy over whether the No On Prop 8 campaign ads are hard hitting enough
Newest No On Prop 8 TV spot
Margaret Cho’s Internet ad versus Prop 8
Focus on the Family ads in Florida and Arizona supporting anti-gay amendments
The “Wayne & Helene” TV spot versus the Florida amendment
Michael Schiavo does an ad versus the anti-gay amendment in Florida
Ad v. Arkansas Act 1 that would ban adoption and foster care by unmarried cohabitating couples
Linda Ketner, an out lesbian running for Congress in Charleston, SC
A Chapel Hill teen speaks out on Pam’s House Blend about anti-lesbian harassment she survived in her high school
Bill O’Reilly’s attack on Barney Frank
A new study finds big problems with AIDS “drug holidays”
Barack Obama speaks to supporters in Grant Park Chicago, after winning the US 2008 Presidential Election. Also features reaction from around the country, and the globe.
The netroots roars: demonstrations protesting Proposition 8 are held in every state on November 15th, continuing a wave; go to www.jointheimpact.com for more information on those and upcoming actions
We’ll show you coverage of some of the actions and interviews (shot by associate producer Bill Bahlman) with some of the young new activists who are sparking this explosion
Wanda Sykes comes out at the Las Vegas rally versus Prop 8
More legal wrangling over the validity of Prop 8 in California
More revelations about how intensely the Mormon Church was involved in pushing it
Elton Johns says we should settle for second class citizenship
The author of the New York high court decision against same-sex marriage faces his critics
A great decision for equal rights by the Supreme Court of Nepal
And big news from Tyra Banks and Isis, the transgender contestant on “America’s Next Top Model”
