{"id":506050,"date":"2018-12-06T14:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/kerri-kupec\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:45","slug":"kerri-kupec","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/kerri-kupec\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerri Kupec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014Hired as Fox News Washington editor in April 2021, with statement <a href=\"https:\/\/press.foxnews.com\/2021\/04\/fox-news-channel-announces-executive-promotions\">noting<\/a> her work with anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/brennansuen\/status\/1387862230411132930\">Falsely compared<\/a> marriage equality to polygamy and child predation<\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014Former Legal Counsel and Communications Director for Alliance Defending Freedom, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, that has<a 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