• squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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    8 months ago

    The NYT is not just a newspaper, it styles itself as “the paper of record”. So yes, it is perfectly valid to set high standards for it.

    In that regard it is not too high a standard to require that a paper that writes about a certain community talks to members of that community. You cannot write a credible article about (let’s say) Los Angeles and only quote people from New York. For any newspaper that would be considered absurd and lazy.

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      8 months ago

      I can see both your and @BananaTrifleViolin s point.

      You’re not wrong, but neither is he. If there’s an article about some piece of anti-trans legislation that would effect trans people, I think pretty often the interviews on “how do you feel about the legislation” would get similar answers: “I don’t like it and I’d like to have the same rights as other people”

      Tangentially related sketch

      Mitchell and Webb Train Safety

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        8 months ago

        That’s only if you assume that trans people can’t have legal or other specific knowledge to contribute. Trans people come from all walks of life and it’s not hard to find people who could tell a newspaper about historical precedence, provide medical background information or do political analysis. It’s not just about people’s feelings after all.

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          8 months ago

          If they’re providing objective analysis, it shouldn’t really matter where it comes from?

          I’m sure the New York Times is trying to get the best objective information on a subject. If the experts they find aren’t trans, should they then look specifically for experts on the matter, who also happen to be trans?