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WTT MEDIA CLASS
HATE LIKE THE PRESS 101
Welcome to class everyone. Today we will learn 2 different kinds of news story. Then we will ignore the good one and go for the one that (if done enough) will create a profitable moral panic against transgender people. (Long Thread)
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1. A statement that someone has said
2. Proof that they said it
3. Other views BRIEFLY at the end (which most people will not get to)
4. Lies that are presented as equal to the (optional) truth
And
5. Few/No Trans quotes or names
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Almost every transphobic news report fits a "They said" model.
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Lesbians going extinct due to people being trans
Subject: Transgender people existing?
Statement from: LGB Alliance
Proof they said it: Journalist interview
https://t.co/yhgCMX5DJq
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Evidence: https://t.co/bwjZTHsViL
ONS figures shows UK population percentage of gay men and lesbian women rise from 2014 to 2018
(Delete this if potential profitability threatened)
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Bonus point: LGB Alliance allegedly cites studies showing elevated rates of autism in transgender people. They do not link/name studies. Are they good/bad studies? Who knows?
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Oh right, that is just going to be a fact in it now? That this happened? AWESOME!
Pro LGB Alliance bias established. Their word is truth now.
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Number of trans people mentioned by name: 0
This report successfully makes trans people a faceless, voiceless force. References throughout of 'clashes' with feminists. No details provided (physical? verbal? WHO KNOWS?)
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NEXT: The Silly Famous Source
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JK Rowling says she got 3000 letters of support after essay
Subject - JK Rowling wrote anti-trans blog
Statement from: JK Rowling
Proof she wrote it: https://t.co/LjglYYp45i
https://t.co/xs3JPlv2AE
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Since writing my essay, I\u2019ve received over 3000 emails thanking me for speaking up. I\u2019ve been brought to tears many times while reading, sometimes out of gratitude for their kindness, but also because many women have shared their own experiences of violence & sexual assault. 4/9
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 28, 2020
This story is JK tweeted words. The reporter does not have to prove JK received those letters. Only that JK tweeted those words. This is a unique privilege of the silly famous. Anything they say can be a story. Truth, lie, the reporter can use ANYTHING.
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But this is not the same as it being proven. The only proven thing is JK said she did. This is not the same as proof of 3000 letters.
A "This is" story on this would need the reporter to see the 3000 letters. But that's HARD
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But all news reporting is biased in some form. Unbaised reporting is a fiction.
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What The Trans has a pro trans bias.
The most insidious biases live in "unbiased" outlets. But they have them too.
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Number of trans people mentioned by name: 0
BUT this is where we get to say "We are allies!" because we link to a story about trans people quitting an agency they share with JK! But they could only get that because, it is still about JK...
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"Christians say Labour councils want book about gay parents in all schools" + "Thatcher says children shouldn't have right to be gay" = Section 28
Oh that's right. You see, if you do this long enough...the government will legislate
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Welcome to the free press.
Congratulations!
You have passed HATE LIKE THE PRESS 101. Please use this to spot awful shit and not create your own? Please?
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But you used JK Rowlings claim, took it as truth and then republished loads of her transphobic crap.
And again, talking about trans issues for this many words without speaking to a single one?
If you did a report on posties with no posties...
I can't know this for sure. But if I had to bet....I would bet that you knew of all the inaccuracies.
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A thread based on @augustbradley's conversation with the late Anders Ericsson.
You can find my complete notes from the conversation in my public Roam graph:
https://t.co/Z5bXHsg3oc
The entire conversation is on
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There's purposeful and deliberate practice.
In purposeful practice, you gain breakthroughs by trying out different techniques you find on your own.
In deliberate practice, an expert tells you what to improve on and how to do it, and then you do that (while getting feedback).
It's possible to come to powerful techniques through purposeful practice, but it's always a gamble.
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https://t.co/S39EWuap3b
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https://t.co/m1QsxlPaV4
In many ways, I don't blame folks who tweet things like this. The media coverage of the schools situation in Covid-19 rarely talks about the quiet, day-in-day-out work that schools have been doing these past 9 months. 1/
Instead, the coverage focused on the dramatic, last minute policy announcements by the government, or of dramatic stories of school closures, often accompanied by photos of socially distanced classrooms that those of us in schools this past term know are from a fantasy land. 2/
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https://t.co/S39EWuap3b
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— Lurgan College (@LurganCollege) March 16, 2020
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https://t.co/m1QsxlPaV4
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