During the 12 a.m. ET hour, Fox News aired a promotional ad for the April 4 edition of The O'Reilly Factor that stated: “Is the media celebrating gay culture? Inside Rosie's family cruise.” R Family Vacations, created by former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell and her partner Kelli Carpenter O'Donnell, bills itself as “truly the most inclusive GLBT [gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender] vacation offered. All of our vacations are designed for gays, lesbians, their families, and their friends. Everyone is welcome -- singles, couples without children, couples with children, groups of friends, grandparents, and almost any other family configuration you can think of. We have hosted three-month-old babies and 80-something grandparents.”
As Media Matters for America has noted, on August 15, 2007, Factor host Bill O'Reilly stated: “I think everybody's got to relax on all this gay stuff.” Media Matters has documented examples of O'Reilly failing to follow his own advice and “relax on all this gay stuff” since making that pronouncement.
From the 12 a.m. ET hour of the April 4 edition of Fox News:
ANNOUNCER: Bill blasts Hollywood for its anti-American ways, and Wayne Rogers takes offense. They mash it out in a wild debate. Plus: Is the media celebrating gay culture? Inside Rosie's family cruise.