Because, When you kill a snake you go for the throat.....They do it all the time? I rarely watch CNN anymore but back when I did, those two guys very rarely if ever mentioned it. They were not in the closet re. being gay, but they didn't make a point of talking about it.
But that's an aside. The larger point is, if you dislike CNN's coverage why not just refer to CNN's coverage instead of (a) refering to those guys' sexual orientation, which has nothing to do with CNN's coverage and (b) using a slur for gay people?