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Fake Gay News: Lesbian closed captioner sues employer after termination for adding subtext

AfterEllen

January 14, 2009 by bad machine

“Note: This is one of a series of satirical blog posts about entertainment. “Satire” means it’s not true.”

[…]

Ms. Wayne was fired from her job at the transcription company, Transcribix, after ignoring repeated warnings to stop adding lesbian subtext to the closed captions for shows such as 30 Rock, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Biggest Loser.

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According to court documents, Wayne’s closed caption text for an episode of CSI included the dialogue: THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE LAB I WANT TO SHOW YOU, but was immediately followed by: SARA LOOKS LONGINGLY INTO CATHERINE’S EYES.

The captions, which aired during the 2007 season, caused a flurry of phone calls to the network from confused viewers.

“There’s definitely some hot chemistry between Marg Helgenberger and Jorja Fox,” said Wayne, referring to the actors who play the CSI characters, “I can’t believe no one else sees that!”

[…]

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