Over two-thirds of Americans don’t know a trans person themselves. As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence continue escalating after Charlie Kirk’s shooting, journalists must be rigorous in covering rhetoric from anti-trans activists without verification or clarification.
Meanwhile, other mainstream media newsrooms treated the U.S. v. Skrmetti case as an opportunity to center coverage around the expected result.
Something must be wrong, the podcast's narrative keeps suggesting, but it's unclear what that is. And they didn’t uplift the stories of the trans youths whose care is under threat.
"Who can I talk to that has a human heart?" the mom of a trans girl pleaded to a New York Times producer, asking not to use audio captured in a vulnerable moment. Against her will, the company is slated to use the clip for its new podcast.
A New York Times reporter shows how not to cover trans families and trans issues, again.
Reporters run the risk of not successfully communicating to the public the sheer scope and cruelty of the ongoing attack on trans people’s rights.
