4. Few people know 4thWaveNow exists, even though we were the first (and still one of the few) US sites/citizen media to discuss problems w/pediatric/youth transition, with rigorous fact-checking & insistence on reliable sourcing. We also publish articles by detran-desisters,
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5. ...clinicians, in addition to investigative pieces on high-profile gender doctors and therapists. Some conservative outlets have picked up our work and we don't have a problem with that EXCEPT this:
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @GabeBlessing and
6. Since the general public has no idea a group of liberal parents have been covering the excesses of trans activism as it pertains to youth (because the MSM *deliberately* refuses to acknowledge our existence), a false impression is created:
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @GabeBlessing and
7. Only rightwing, anti-gay conservatives are raising the alarm about things like 13-yr-old mastectomies or 8-yr-olds on cross sex hormones. It's hard not to see this censorship-by-omission by the liberal and mainstream press as deliberately trying to create that false impression
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8. The MSM-liberal reporters we've spoken to KNOW we aren't right-wing conservatives. They've seen our website and Twitter feed, which since inception have been strongly supportive of gay/lesbian people and have never touted conservative views. They know this very well. So...
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9. Who is spiking all these stories? What is their ultimate motive? It's beyond not wanting us to "look good." They won't even mention us in a BAD light (which we've suggested to some of the reporters). These editors/publishers don't want readers to *know we exist* full stop.
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10. They don't want people to look at our site or Twitter feed and make their own decisions about us. Are we horrible, bigoted transphobes? Do we promote "conversion therapy"? Are we lying about the gender clinicians we have investigated, ALWAYS using their own words?
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11. US journalism is a disgrace. It's dangerous & insidious because most Americans believe the Fourth Estate is devoted (as it once was) to the pursuit of (often uncomfortable) truths. So if citizens don't hear/read about something, why would they think they're missing anything?
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12. Our follower count/hits have risen steadily over time, in spite of being shut out by the US MSM. But Twitter aficionados don't realize most people don't have the time or energy for social media or scouring websites for inconvenient truths. MSM editors know this too.
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13. Because MSM editors know high-traffic websites/high-follower Twitter accounts aren't seen by the masses, they don't feel pressure to reveal the turmoil and controversy around trans issues **within liberal communities** and increasingly within the once-monolithic LGBT.
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14. So liberal/MSM editors remain happy to promote (via their censorship by omission) false impression that only RW "bigots" have issues w/ Mastectomy Culture, epidemic of girls on T, rise in detransitioners, LGB adults & liberal parents critiquing aspects of trans activism.
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15. One wonders how long US editors can ignore the ongoing coverage in the UK by the
@thetimes . Or the recent outbreak of concern in Sweden. International newspapers are seen and discussed in US newsrooms every day. At some point, will an editor with guts commit to a beat?1 reply 8 retweets 50 likes -
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16. Because it will *have* to be a beat--not just a one-off OpEd. The only reason the controversy has legs in the UK is
@thetimes has published article after article, despite massive pushback from the usual suspects. Is there a single US editor who remembers their sacred mandate?1 reply 4 retweets 36 likes - Show replies
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