'Anyone want to tell him?' Politico's Dylan Byers questions 'news organizations' overtly celebrating #SSM ruling

Does anyone want to tell him?https://t.co/wB7wlSUHFU

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 26, 2015

The celebration of the Supreme Court making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states has spread to the Twitter avatars of some “news” organizations. Politico’s Dylan Byers wondered about the journalistic ethics of doing so:

This is not something news organizations do, is it? pic.twitter.com/oAtZxxmK5u

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 26, 2015

For instance, try to imagine The New York Times or Washington Post or POLITICO or CNN or NBC, ABC or CBS doing this pic.twitter.com/oAtZxxmK5u

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 26, 2015

Not saying I’m for or against that editorial decision, but worth considering why BuzzFeed/HuffPo would do and why NYT/CNN/etc never would…

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 26, 2015

If that kind of thing keeps up it’ll become apparent that many “news organizations” lean left! Oh, wait…

https://twitter.com/chuck_dizzle/status/614462933188218881
https://twitter.com/TheRealBepo/status/614466154933932032

Is BuzzFeed really a news organization though? https://t.co/UOofVfVSFs

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 26, 2015

"News organizations." LOL. https://t.co/1RHFi5ZzY3

— Kiley Girl (@Kiley_Girl) June 26, 2015

Not legitimate ones…. https://t.co/NaMiF2ODVG

— Dave Woodruff (@DaveWoodruffDet) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/bmcsmith92/status/614464034365153280

Objectivity, schmobjectivity. https://t.co/exB1OlCz0G

— Lauren Katzenberg (@Lkatzenberg) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/614467967615537152

Not appropriate at all. https://t.co/GDM2EMAD1Y

— Shower Curtain Ring Division (@Bunkaroo) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/SaraMorrison/status/614461558219931649

@DylanByers Gosh it would almost mean they may be biased towards liberalism.
Imagine that

— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) June 26, 2015

.@DylanByers @Pat_Iversen I don't think any of those organizations claim to be "Fair and Balanced".

— Jenaerys Targaryen ? (@SteampunkMuppet) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/Pat_Iversen/status/614465687017406464

“News organizations” were defended for celebrating the SCOTUS ruling:

BUSTED. we support gay rights https://t.co/DVJ5trDQXx

— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/selfagency/status/614464773204385793

Maybe if news orgs didn't play as many games with false equivalence people would have had their civil rights sooner https://t.co/seTmp3cIGT

— Adam Rose (@adjoro) June 26, 2015

There's no requirement that media outlets have to be impartial on everything, especially not on issues of equality. https://t.co/CcTpOCeLNT

— Abel Iraola (@miamiabel) June 26, 2015

Uh, it's 2015. Always know your slice of the web audience and give them what they want! https://t.co/uI2HEU4Th1

— Noah Grand ⏩ #PAXUnplugged (@noahgrand) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/614466239080058880

Yes. When it comes to little things like civil rights, end of wars, etc, news orgs can pick right side of history. https://t.co/seTmp3cIGT

— Adam Rose (@adjoro) June 26, 2015

We certainly agree that any pretense of an “impartial” mainstream media is an illusion.

It was way better when all news orgs insulted their readers' intelligence by claiming neutrality imo https://t.co/nfz9lnLZ4l

— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) June 26, 2015