Four Basic Things Vox's New Hire Doesn't Understand About LGBT
Issues  Blog ››› ››› LUKE BRINKER  Ezra Klein's nascent news and
policy site promises readers that its journalists will "really
know the topics they cover." But newly minted Vox writing fellow
Brandon Ambrosino - a frequent commentator on LGBT issues - has
repeatedly demonstrated that his understanding of LGBT topics is
superficial at best, and frequently dangerously off-base.  In
Vox's Facebook post announcing the hire, Ambrosino noted his
interest in LGBT topics. That interest has manifested itself in
numerous pieces whitewashing the homophobia of figures like
Jerry Falwell and Duck Dynasty star Phil
Robertson, asserting that homosexuality is a choice, and
condemning LGBT rights activists as bigoted.  Vox's home page
promises that it's "hiring journalists who really know the
topics they cover" because "[t]here's no way we'll be able to
help readers understand issues if we haven't done the work to
understand them ourselves":  But a look at Ambros