A tale of two stories
Q Notes
By Robbi Cohn
October 17th, 2009, 12:03 am
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Given increased press coverage trans issues have garnered over the past five years, I remain skeptical regarding the media's ability and/or desire to report fairly and objectively. Any fiction that much of the collective press desires objective reporting or that it isn't exhibitionistic is destroyed in the wake of the contrast between these two stories. As to ability, the misuse of pronouns and nomenclature by various and sundry publications is rampant. This is either ignorant (AP and other stylebooks have been updated for some time now), or a flagrant disregard for human dignity.