"Climatologist discusses extreme summer weather as heat wave brings more record highs" | My interview this evening with Amna Nawaz on the @PBS #NewsHour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/climatologist-discusses-extreme-summer-weather-as-heat-wave-brings-more-record-highs

Okay, #PBS, what the fuck? #closedcaptioning #JohnYang #Newshour

TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

NETWORK NEWS - 6/8/1977, All major networks

The Religious Right's first big victory in its crusade against "gay rights": This week in 1977, Miami voters repealed a law that had banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Singer Anita Bryant had railed against the law, claiming "homosexual" teachers were a threat to children. She even called her organization Save Our Children. After this local victory, she would take her campaign national, supporting attempts to strike down similar antidiscrimination laws and encourage or require schools to fire LGB and LGB-friendly teachers.

https://youtu.be/s5U2YPZrouA

#QueerHistory #LGBTQ #gay #queer #lesbian #Florida #homophobia #NewsHour #AnitaBryant

TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

NEWS - 6/6/1977

Florida was Ground Zero for anti-queer activism in the late 1970s, much as it is now.

Today in 1977, the top story on most American national TV newscasts: A Miami referendum on whether to reallow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in jobs, housing and public accommodations. The main crusader for this change was singer Anita Bryant, who ultimately destroyed her own career with a years-long national campaign to fire queer schoolteachers and any teachers who supported queer people's rights, even if they did so on their own time.

Here's the PBS news coverage from that date, from the show that was later retitled the NEWS HOUR: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_507-qn5z60ct7w

#QueerHistory #LGBTQ #gay #queer #lesbian #Florida #homophobia #NewsHour #AnitaBryant

PBS: From life expectancy to maternal mortality, Americans living in rural regions face some of the greatest health care challenges in the country. In a new series called Rural RX, PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham and producer Caleb Hellerman of the Global Health Reporting Center work with a team of reporters to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America.#news #PBS #NewsHour #healthcare https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/exploring-the-health-care-challenges-rural-americans-face-across-5-states

Good interview with UCLA law professor Adam Winkler on current gun laws and the prospect of preventing mass shootings through public policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4gdpxnKTyI
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#PBSNewsHour #NewsHour #interview #guns #law #GunLaws

I participated in this year-end discussion of where we stand in the fight against climate change for @BBCWorld #Newshour with presenter, James Coomarasamy. Please take a listen!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172yfccw3jzqqv

Good summary/overview of the FTX drama from the NewsHour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Y_z75rPxQ

It's still my position that this fraud is mild compared to the worst features of cryptocurrency, that it mostly benefits organized crime and rogue nations while accelerating global warming, and that it shouldn't be regulated, it should be banned.
#FTX #NewsHour #cryptocurrency

Great @pbs #NewsHour segment from Geoff R Bennett on recent climate protests, features our #UPenn #APPC public opinion survey: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-activists-are-targeting-famous-art-to-protest-climate-change

"Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions. No one should ever be allowed to attack another anonymously."
— Jim Lehrer, MacNeil/Lehrer Journalism Guidelines (4:35)

https://youtu.be/ookxk4S0SDg

#pbs #newshour #journalism

"Will the Amazon rainforest’s chances improve with Brazil’s new leader?" | My interview this evening with Geoff R Bennett on the @pbs #NewsHour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/will-the-amazon-rainforests-chances-improve-with-brazils-new-leader