Talk about fake news.
This week, readers were no doubt left shook by a headline in right-wing publication Conservative Post reading “Matthew McConaughey just ‘came out of the closet,’ but will it hurt his career?”
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The headline is so brazenly misleading, Snopes felt compelled to debunk the rumor:
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Although the article’s title used the phrase “came out of the closet”, which is commonly used to refer to individuals deciding not to conceal the fact that they are gay and subsequently informing their friends, family, and potentially the public about their sexual preference, no such personal admission was included in the text.
The Conservative Post was evidently using a more generic interpretation of the term “out of the closet” in its headline, in this case referring to somebody who has revealed a personal secret. What was his secret? The web site heavily implied that McConaughey’s big reveal is that he identifies as a Christian.
The Conservative Post wrote:
Actor Matthew McConaughey speaks out in a recent interview with GQ discussing his views on marriage.
McConaughey is well known for his southern charm, remarkable acting skills, and his recent address at the Oscars where he thanked God and said that his blessings in his life have come from the Almighty.
As Snopes points out, even this interpretation is highly misleading.
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McConaughey hasn’t been keeping his religious faith a secret at all. He told interviewers in 2001 that he was raised “Methodist, not southern Baptist” and he thanked God at the 2014 Oscars when he won the award for Best Actor:
Snopes also points out the “recent interview” was published back in 2014.
To give you an example of what kind of publication we’re talking about, The Conservative Post is broken into sections that include “Home,” “Politics,” “Culture,” “Entertainment,” “Faith,” and “Endtimes.”
Recent headlines include “Hollywood’s highest-paid actress insults Jesus” and “Obama’s DISGUSTING sexual secrets are LAID BARE… he’s RUINED!”
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Jesus the hypocrisy. Like you, Queerty, weren’t doing exactly the same by reporting this (or done similar clickbait fückery) — only worse because it was done under the pretence of journalistic integrity with full self-righteous faux outrage. And moreover *you* didn’t even help save a single soul for the dead-Jew-on-a-stick’s zombie cult
Mick406
Excellent post! Brandishing flirtatious headlines to make us ‘look’. Queerty is the last ‘voice’ to be casting stones about others’ misleading headlines.
And the “Jesus” snarky remarks: I think religion and politics should not be included in this web site that most of us view out of carnal desires. Not that we are doing anything wrong, but you have absolutely no reason to trash religion or be trashing our President. Stick with the voyeur delights and lay off of the other. You look like a petty rag when you show your biased slants.
batesmotel
I was wondering the same thing as I was reading this scathing whining rant of an article. These aren’t real journalists. They’re bloggers. Intelligent journalists remain neutral and objective. Queerty seems to be full of hypocrisy and double standards it seems. Very one sided. They need to at least hire one person who writes neutral objective articles instead of force feeding hypocritical articles when they do the same thing as this conservative magazine no one has ever heard of. On a side note, I wish Matthew was gay. Total together lifelong hottie no matter his age.
Kangol
Thank you! Queerty deliberately set this up as if it was a queer coming-out, only to insinuate that McConaughey’s a…wait, wait…”Christian.” Yeah, OK, good for him! As for Queerty, FAIL!
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Is there reason you left out “wrongly” or “incorrectly” in the headline, then? Space, I guess. Yeah must be that <_<
Gilliflower
Being Christian’s been pretty much on his sleeve for years
Larry
Christians who strip for money AND make horrible Lincoln commercials, debuting on TLC this fall!
dinard38
LOL!!!
#StrippersForJesus
captainburrito
“Endtimes” lol…
OzJosh
Brazenly misleading headlines, Queerty?! Pot. Kettle.
ivanw222
Shame on Conservative Post. His religious belief is his private business, unless he wants to make it public, in which case he would not be “coming out of the closet”. A term that is usually reserved to us gays opening up about ourselves, which can be a trying experience. Clearly being open about ones Christian belief is not “coming out”. I have no concern about his belief, as long as he isn’t forcing it on me, nor do I force my homosexuality on others, except for my small lapel pin that most mistake as a US flag pin until they look closely at it.
scotty
alright alright alright
Sluggo2007
Who cares if it’s true or not? I think he’s a dog.