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Pamela Royce's avatar

By avoiding the actual title of the executive order, these news outlets make it harder for their readers and viewers to get more information on the topic. The most basic journalism course used to teach that a reporter needs to state who, what, when, where, why, how — in the most specific words possible. Today, news is reported as heartfelt essays about the perceived dramatic arc of a story, not the facts.

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Gerda Ho's avatar

The mainstream media is too cowardly to write the truth.

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Not so young anymore.'s avatar

The emperor is very naked but The NY Times looks away.

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OpEd's avatar

The reason for all this doublespeak (aside from the fact, as you point out, that they’re men) is because the Associated Press released a topical guide for all things transgender in April 2022.

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KC's avatar

And female athletes that are vocalizing their support for saving women’s sports are dubbed conservative activists or anti-trans activists, as illustrated by Portland’s media coverage of the protests against Riley Gaines’ speaking event this week.

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Sufeitzy's avatar

Specifically, these are men mimicking women. It’s not uncommon in nature, from lizards and birds to turtles and squids. In humans they imitate women to evade male competition and gain unwanted emotional and sexual access to women.

It’s called sexual mimicry. You’d enjoy looking it up.

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