Thursday, November 1, 2007

KRDO coverage of Westboro Baptist verdict omitted church's anti-gay agenda


During its 10 p.m. newscast on October 31, Colorado Springs ABC affiliate KRDO NewsChannel 13 reported that the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, was ordered to pay almost $11 million "to the father of a fallen Marine" who sued after church members protested at his son's 2006 funeral. But NewsChannel 13 failed to mention the anti-gay agenda of the church, whose website is godhatesfags.com. Read the rest at Colorado Media Matters.