A Polish politician making some wild accusation about trans kids, and claiming it’s true because “they have even been reported in the media recently” is, worryingly, not so far from what’s happening in the UK... https://twitter.com/remybonny/status/1301052239822290949

Like Poland, anyone who is trans, or has a trans child, knows that the mainstream media reporting on trans issues in the UK is wildly inaccurate and inflammatory.

This has been driven by some intentionally biased journalists, and the financial incentive of clickbait...

You can see the bias in UK national media reporting on trans issues just by looking at the news headlines.

Politicians, influencers and decision-makers read these - and when such inflammatory rhetoric is the ONLY information they see, it’s bound to have an impact... https://twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1160775998893363200

When the British public are fed a constant diet of transphobic hyperbolic lies, written by journalists with an unashamed ideological bias against trans people, such “opinion pieces” become incredibly damaging!... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/children-sacrificed-to-appease-trans-lobby-bq0m2mm95

What is even more insidious, is when manipulative journalists propel anti-trans narratives into the media under the guise of “news” - supposedly factually accurate, but actually actively seeking trans-hostile commentators... https://twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1137775391538651138

As noted by PR Week in analysing that specific example, a single trans-hostile journalist writing for an anti-trans biased publication, can create a cascade effect - amplified through repetition in other media outlets, with real-life consequences...
https://www.prweek.com/article/1589584/flop-month-nspcc-wrong-munroe-bergdorf-backlash

It becomes even harder to identify anti-trans bias - both for the reading public & for journalists - when trans-hostile campaigners purposefully seek to plant anti-trans narratives in the media through supposedly neutral, but actually biased sources...
https://www.transadvocate.com/rogd-researcher-caught-lying-to-the-press_n_24938.htm

Aggressively anti-trans campaigners in positions of supposed expertise/ authority - such as University researcher, Lisa Littman - seem on the face of it to be totally neutral. Yet, upon investigation, are clearly biased and pushing an anti-trans ideology using their research...

These “professionals” are clearly using their privileged platforms to manipulate the public and influencers perceptions of trans people. They’re counting on the fact that busy journalists won’t know they’re ideologically driven, and influencers will take news at face value...

Some of these ideologically driven, transphobic “professionals” are now setting up “official” sounding platforms in order to add another layer of ambiguity to their transphobic campaigning.

Of course, most journalists & politicians will be hoodwinked!

https://www.segm.org/about_us 

Minority groups are aware of the way they’re actively misrepresented by the media, you will understand how trans people are misrepresented too.

#Immigrants, the #Jewish, #Muslim, and #BLM groups need to join together to call this out in all media.

https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/