so that people who oppose trans activism for reasons other than homophobia & outright bigotry understandably have qualms about associating w/ such media & amplifying them. It's just a thorough shitshow in the US & the only thing standing in the way of the trans train is SCOTUS.
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1. Two of the three principals at 4thWaveNow (including founder) have been interviewed multiple times--often by eager reporters--for
@washingtonpost ,@nytimes ,@nbcbayarea, and for Singal's@TheAtlantic article you mention. In every case, the story never ran. Spiked.2 replies 41 retweets 86 likes -
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2. There was also a recent interview for a liberal outlet--reporter actively pursued us and said story would be out within the week--also pulled. Reporters are always polite but vague about reason for non-publication, then stop responding to emails.
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3. Conversely, 4thWaveNow has been mentioned and linked dozens of times by conservative outlets. We have not given interviews to those outlets for the reasons you mentioned above. The effect of this censorship-by-omission in the MSM and left press is twofold:
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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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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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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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Yes--that's the one (who for the moment shall remain nameless--for the moment) who ALSO accused the three 4thWaveNow members she interviewed of colluding *with each other* (she didn't say on what). Did she think we never talked to each other or had nothing in common?
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..and this is an experienced, veteran
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