The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
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The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
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The center-left is abandoning trans people, under the belief that it will inoculate them against right wing attacks. It began with commentators doing the "well I'm pro trans but..." line-toeing, and now it's progressed to full blown transphobic fear mongering.
Calling the uncritical repeating of an unofficial claim made by the very people perpetuating a negative stereotype "careless" or even "negligent" is massively underselling what happened here. WSJ heard a rumor, saw money signs because they know conservatives are looking to scapegoat trans people, and fired it off. This wasn't carelessness, it was opportunistic fear mongering for clicks.
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That WSJ is neither center nor left and it never has been, even by American standards
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The center-left
What the fuck does the center-left have to do with WSJ? Not even the center-left read WSJ.
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No shit. The Wall Street Journal is published by Dow Jones & Company - a division of News Corp, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
This can't be said loudly and frequently enough.
WSJ is Fox News in Print. What the fuck do people expect?