Reply #11: Imagine that article was your only information on the controversy...

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

You would be left with the conclusion that gay people are hysterics.

I would not be particularly offended by someone saying their religious view is that being gay isn't part of God's plan.

I would, however, be very offended by that person going on the 700 Club and saying we need to "take off the gloves" and close a gay high school, or appearing at the 2004 republican convention in solidarity with Bush's war against "the curse of homosexuality"

The AP had ready access to publicly stated views that would explain why gay groups were complaining. The point is not that AP has an obligation to attack McClurkin. The point is that when reporting a controversy they should explain WHY there is a controversy. It's one of the "five Ws" of basic journalism.

It's like if they ran a story saying a peace group was upset with Clinton for validating war with Iran without ever mentioning anything that gave them that impression. It would make them seem crazy.