Virtually every other news outlet saw the primary focus of President Putin’s national address as defending his war on LGBTQ people; PBS NewsHour’s headline was typical: “Putin defends Russia’s anti-gay laws in annual state of the nation speech.” But...
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Virtually every other news outlet saw the primary focus of President Putin’s national address as defending his war on LGBTQ people; PBS NewsHour’s headline was typical: “Putin defends Russia’s anti-gay laws in annual state of the nation speech.” 

But not NBC News! NBC posted Thomson Reuters news agency’s report but redacted any mention of the anti-gay laws, human rights abuses or the controversy surroundingSochi 2014 Winter Games. This is exactly why we are demanding that NBC to COVER the news–not COVER IT UP!

See for yourself if you can find any mention of “teh gay” in NBC’s report here: http://nbcnews.to/1c3vDkk. 

Then compare how NBC News actively redacted LGBTQ and human rights issues from the very same Thomson Reuters’s report they credited. You can see here:http://reut.rs/1ftTF7a

Gays to Picket San Francisco's Pro-Putin Russian Church

Who: BoycottRussianVodka.com and Gays Without Borders  
What: Picket line and speak out  
Where: St Nicholas Cathedral
Location: 2005-15th Street, between Church and Market Streets
Date: Sunday, August 25, 2013
When: 11:00 AM

Protesters will peaceably challenge the Russian Orthodox Church in San Francisco over its support for Russia’s anti-homosexual propaganda law that has led to rising violence and anti-LGBT bigotry in that country.

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