By There was a recent article on :Salon.com about the 1st International Men’s Issues Conference. The article was not so dissimilar to some other major publications that had an obvious strong bias against men and boys. It needs to be said that there were some very good articles that were much more accurate. An example is the USA Today piece.
This Salon article offered a paragraph about my part in the conference and I found it highly inaccurate. I thought I would take some time here to voice my side of things. I have been interviewed by the mainstream media many times over the years, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS Evening News, CNN, and even the NFL Channel and ESPN. Each of these interviews was fair and accurate in their portrayal of the message I was trying to get across. The Salon article, however, fails in that regard, and the writer seems to have a bone to pick with men and boys. Here’s the paragraph in question:
This Salon article offered a paragraph about my part in the conference and I found it highly inaccurate. I thought I would take some time here to voice my side of things. I have been interviewed by the mainstream media many times over the years, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS Evening News, CNN, and even the NFL Channel and ESPN. Each of these interviews was fair and accurate in their portrayal of the message I was trying to get across. The Salon article, however, fails in that regard, and the writer seems to have a bone to pick with men and boys. Here’s the paragraph in question: