The newspaper’s haughty response to two open letters forgets that there is no clear line between advocacy and journalism
y more than 100 LGBTQ+ and civil rights groups, including Glaad and the Human Rights Campaign. It expressed support for the contributor letter and accused the Times of platforming “fringe theories” and “dangerous inaccuracies”. It noted that while the Times has produced responsible coverage of trans people, “those articles are not getting front-page placement or sent to app users via push notification like the irresponsible pieces are”.
Was the Times open to this criticism? Did it take some time to reflect on why so many people are upset about its coverage and how its coverage is influencing increasingly dystopian legislation? Perhaps. But if it did it certainly didn’t make it obvious. Instead it went on the defensive.
I’m going to pause for a moment here and address the elephant in the room. You don’t need to @ me on Twitter, I’m fully aware that I’m writing this in the Guardian, which has received its ownfrom staff about the paper’s willingness to publish “anti-trans views” and “transphobic content”. I’m not trying to pretend the Guardian is perfect when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues and the Times is uniquely awful.
Here’s the thing: there is no clear-cut line between advocacy and journalism. All media organizations have a perspective about the world and filter their output through that perspective. To pretend otherwise is dishonest. Like it or not, the Times is involved in advocacy. It just needs to step back for a moment and think about who it’s advocating for.
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