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Amnesty International exposed years of anti-trans reporting at four UK newspapers. They ignored it. (www.thebureauinvestigates.com)

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Analysis commissioned by Amnesty determined that the Times and Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Sun and the Guardian published a combined 16,913 articles on trans-related topics between January 2020 and April 2025, an average of around nine per day. The Times and Sunday Times had the most with an average of 83.5 articles per month. The report noted the coverage was “entirely disproportionate” to the number of trans people in the UK, who, according to the 2021 Census, make up 0.5% of the population.

Even if we're generous and say "yeah but that's spread over 4 papers!" that's still 2 stories, per paper, per day, for 4 1/4 years. Dedicated to a tiny tiny percentage of the population. Insanity and cruelty.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 10 hours ago

The problem isn't that they're a small part of the population though. Small groups can do newsworthy things. The problem is that the coverage they get is always like "Trans people: Do they have a right to exist? The debate continues."

[–] Naich@piefed.world 7 points 13 hours ago

"When human rights are under attack the role of the press should be to challenge those in power – not cheer them on."

The British press is mostly just courtiers to the rich and powerful these days.