CBS ‘Early Show’ Praises Perez Hilton for Giving Up Bullying, But Promoted It In the Past

At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez declared that vicious gossip monger Perez Hilton “makes nice….with so much bullying going on he doesn't want to be a bully himself anymore.” While the report that followed cheered Hilton's efforts to reform himself, the morning show has been happy to promote his bullying tactics in the past. Correspondent Ben Tracy noted how Hilton “controversially outed gay performers like Lance Bass and Neil Patrick Harris.” However, on the September 25, 2008 Early Show , correspondent Michelle Gillen seemed to have no problem with it as she reported on Hollywood's acceptance of gay celebrities: “Neal Patrick Harris…remains a high profile star since he was outed by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.” A clip was played of Hilton claiming such outing was “par for the course” and Gillen concluded: “Now that 'out' is apparently 'in.'” read more

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CBS ‘Early Show’ Praises Perez Hilton for Giving Up Bullying, But Promoted It In the Past

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