“GLAAD” on The Daily Caller

The New York Giants and New England Patriots weren’t the only ones in a fight on Super Bowl Sunday. GLAAD took offense to tweets by CNN contributor Roland S. Martin and has now started a petition to have him fired from CNN. Martin, however, maintains his tweets were taken out of context. Here’s what happened. (more)

This week, movie producer Brett Ratner was forced out as the producer of the Oscars telecast after using a gay slur on Howard Stern’s radio show. Let me begin by pointing out that Brett Ratner is an idiot. Anyone who uses the slur he used in an interview — even an interview with Howard Stern — is an idiot. However, the real story here isn’t that some idiot in Hollywood said something stupid. The real story is the situational morality and selective outrage of the left — and in particular the gay left. (more)

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a gay advocacy group most recently in the news for pressuring the Los Angeles Lakers to fine Kobe Bryant $100,000 for saying “faggot” during a basketball game, may not be living up to its own mission statement of “ holding the media accountable for the words and images they present.” (more)

Los Angeles Lakers standout, Kobe Bryant, was recently fined $100,000 by the NBA for dropping an anti-gay slur directed at a referee during Monday night’s heated game against the San Antonio Spurs. (more)

White House officials have applauded advocacy efforts by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, even though top FBI managers refuse to meet its leaders, the council has been judged by courts to have been associated with the Islamic terror group Hamas, and several of its employees and members have been jailed or expelled for jihadi-related terrorist offenses since 2001. (more)

Facebook is the most dangerous assault weapon in the world. Its virtual property allows people to load and fire their abusive messages at its innocent members. (more)

UPDATE: Johnny Weir responds to ‘Stars on Ice’ tour snub: ‘It’s disappointing I can’t perform for my fans’ (more)

“Mad Men,” “Modern Family” and “Glee” are among the nominees for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance’s 21st annual Media Awards. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the fourth year running, the ABC television network leads nominees for media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. (more)