Video: How America Learned About AIDS (Hint: It Wasn't From The Government)

  • by: Alan Duke

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Here's a tribute to a 1980s TV sitcom that filled an education void created when politicians chose silence. Social observer/commentator Matt Baum posted this video on his Facebook page about a "Designing Women" episode titled "Killing all the Right People." Season 2, Episode 4 addressed AIDS, gay men, and condoms -- topics too hot for President Reagan and too controversial to teach in school.

When Designing Women Taught America About AIDS

In the 1980s, where could Americans turn for the truth about HIV? Oddly enough, Designing Women was educating the country about AIDS when few others would. Season 2, Episode 4, entitled "Killing all the Right People" featured AIDS, gay men, and condoms ... and of course a shouting speech by Julia Sugarbaker.

Posted by Matt Baume on Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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