The New York Times, in an obituary published last week, Joseph Lovett, TV Producer Who Shed an Early Light on AIDS, Dies at 80, writes:
As an openly gay producer, Mr. Lovett was a rarity in the broadcast news world of the 1970s and ’80s. Working at CBS and ABC, he pursued news segments aimed at destigmatizing gay life in the United States and drawing attention to the AIDS crisis at a time when that subject was largely overlooked by mainstream news organizations.