NBC’s Ann Curry, CNN’s Don Lemon Headline ‘Revolutionary’ Gay Journalist Convention
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association held their annual convention this weekend in Philadelphia, and the keynote speakers were CNN's Don Lemon and NBC's Ann Curry. Their pictures were featured under the motto “Creating a Revolution.” The group says it's “working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues.” (That often means censoring conservative views, not just correcting errors.) Comcast, the majority owner of NBC Universal, is a top financial backer of the convention. The plan was for Curry to be interviewed by Javier Morgado on “How does she see network news evolving?” And “does she believe in the ‘greater good’ of the work that journalists do?” Morgado, a gay activist, spent 11 years at NBC , including five years as Senior Producer at the Today show and managed the network's political coverage for the 2004 presidential election and the 2006 midterm elections as Senior Political Editor. Morgado served on the NLGJA Board of Directors from 2006 to 2009, and on the “NBC News Diversity Council” from 2007 to 2009. Morgado boasted to the gay magazine Metro Weekly that he's been a major fundraiser for NLGJA's spring “Headlines and Headliners” event in New York City: “'I basically head up their biggest fundraiser each year, which generally raises $150,000 in one night,'' he says of the annual New York event. ''I love doing it. It's sort of a big star-studded night, where people pay [to] meet all the big A-listers in the TV business.'' NBC's Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford headlined in 2010. Openly gay MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts was the host in 2011 .
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