Conservatives rally behind MSM’s Howard Kurtz

[DonViejo]

Why is the right rushing to defend -- not skewer -- this lamestream media figure? Hint: It has to do with the gays

You would expect Howard Kurtz’ departure from the Daily Beast to be fodder for conservative critics of the liberal mainstream media, but probably not in this way.

The problem they seem have with the incident is not that Kurtz falsely accused openly-gay NBA player Jason Collins of concealing his engagement to a woman, or that he spread himself too thin and let the quality of his work suffer, but that the Daily Beast fired Kurtz for it. Here’s popular conservative blogger Ace of Spades, spelling out what many saw as a double standard:

Clearly Kurtz erred, and rather dumbly. But he does this a lot, and no one’s had a problem with it in the past. Why now? I think it’s pretty obvious — Jason Collins is now the Gay Black Sandra Fluke, and therefore now An Hero, and the Left protects its heroes.

And John Nolte of Breitbart News:

full article:
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/conservatives_rally_behind_msms_howard_kurtz/

[Turbineguy]

1. Oh no!

Not "teh Gay Agenda" again!