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The New York Times rarely quotes transgender people in trans stories (www.advocate.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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The report reviewed articles published between January 1 and April 25 across 10 major news outlets. According to the analysis, the Times published 60 news stories centered mainly on transgender issues during that period. Only 12 included quotes from transgender people or advocacy representatives, a rate of 20 percent.

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“It is inaccurate for the Times to claim that coverage is ‘fair’ or ‘accurate’ or ‘empathetic’ when its stories about transgender people do not include transgender voices. This defies common sense and journalistic integrity.”

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[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago (1 children)

NYT is a fasc-enabling rag not worth wiping my ass with. At best.

[–] darkearth@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

i wish i could block by link just so i don't have to see NYT in my feed

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some apps definitely have this, I'm a holdout on Sync and can permanently filter a domain

EDIT: But it would be great if it were built into Piefed or Lemmy server-side.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

This would actually be a nice feature. Would still see non paywalled archive versions of the articles.

[–] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've heard the guardian also slips in transphobic article as well?

Which newspapers do you guys read?

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 months ago

erin in the morning

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

U.S. Guardian is usually better than the UK one. I go to Assigned Media for my trans related news.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Yup, UK Guardian is really bad for that.

I really don't understand British transphobia :-/