![]() ![]() The New York Times was at the forefront of the reactionary turn. Instead, it scurried to hire (even more) fascists, bigots, and reactionaries. But the media did not rush to hire Black reporters and analysts. ![]() Many Black journalists and commenters had warned that the media was underestimating the power of white supremacy in the US. But that bigotry is also a convenient cudgel with which to assert dominance over unruly staffers and remind them of their place.Īfter the 2016 election and Trump’s surprise victory, many national media outlets engaged in public soul searching, trying to figure out why they had missed Trump’s appeal. I have no doubt that Times editors are sincere in their anti-trans bigotry. And I think it also subtly highlights how the Times has used anti trans coverage not just to hurt trans people, but also to silence and discipline its own labor force-and especially younger and marginalized workers. Ho’s article is compelling and depressing. Ho talks to current and former Times staffers who said that they weren’t sure that “people at the top fully believe in the humanity of trans people.” They also said that articles on trans issues weren’t treated with the journalistic rigor given other coverage. Coverage has ranged from features overplaying the health risks of chest binding, a nonsurgical method of flattening one’s chest, to opinion columns reframing gender inclusivity as misogyny. According to Ho,Īs the Republican Party has embarked on a state-by-state campaign to systematically push trans people out of public life, critics say the country’s leading newspaper has played along. Last week, Soleil Ho at the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a quietly bleak exposé of the anti-trans coverage and bias at the New York Times. ![]()
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