BIAS: Campaign Calls Oregonian Out for Ignoring LGBTQ Community!

When local LGBTQ organizations mobilized more than 4,000 people in fewer than 72 hours to hold a demonstration protesting a recent incident of anti-gay violence, most major Portland media outlets covered the event, reports Just Out.

But someone was notably absent from the party. (We’ll give you a hint. It starts with an “O” and it’s not Oprah. We can forgive her for not making it.)

Progressive Oregon has created a petition asking The Oregonian to give equal coverage to the entire community, pointing out the double standard that seems to apply for news coverage.

“Our state’s largest media outlet, The Oregonian, failed to cover this 4,000-person rally at all. This is the same paper that reported on a 15-person Tea Party protest in Portland!” Progressive Oregon wrote.