We know that some anti-gay groups and spokespeople are so determined to demonize the lgbt community that they at times push cherry-picked studies or publish comments taken out of context.
It reads like a standard story with no bias on behalf on One News Now, right? However, one wouldn't get the impression from reading the article's headline and subhead, which reads nothing like the context of the article itself:
Homosexual lifestyle has another danger: Steroids
Homosexual teenagers are destroying their future to appear appealing to other homosexuals.
Other than the misleading headline, One News Now nearly posted an unbiased article on lgbts. What is this world coming to?
But in the case of the American Family Association's One News Now, giving one's own article a misleading headline has to be a first. The following is the body of the article:
The journal Pediatrics has released a study showing that homosexual and bisexual boys are using illegal steroids at a rate six times greater than heterosexual teens. The motivation is partly to improve their male physique and also to fend off bullying.
Dr. Andre Van Mol of the Christian Medical and Dental Association says physical dangers include liver damage, tumors, damaging the reproductive system and hormone-producing organs, and high blood pressure. Vol also cautions about 'roid rage, when people become aggressive after taking large doses, and taking several performance-enhancing drugs, known as "drug stacking."
"If these steroids are being purchased on the black market, which they quite often are," says Vol. "There's no guarantee of exactly what else might be in them or if they're actually steroids in the first place. So the toxicity risk becomes even greater at that point." The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a statement saying teens and steroids are a bad combination.
It reads like a standard story with no bias on behalf on One News Now, right? However, one wouldn't get the impression from reading the article's headline and subhead, which reads nothing like the context of the article itself:
Homosexual lifestyle has another danger: Steroids
Homosexual teenagers are destroying their future to appear appealing to other homosexuals.
Other than the misleading headline, One News Now nearly posted an unbiased article on lgbts. What is this world coming to?