Jesse Singal

@jessesingal · Twitter · 2024-08-04 23:16 UTC

1/ Absolutely bankrupt, pathetic journalism that seeks to confuse people rather than lend clarity. A partial transcript: Capehart: Khelif has been the target of intense harassment since the far-right falsely accused her of being transgender. ... J.K. Rowling and other anti-trans activists have called for Khelif to be disqualified over an unspecified 'gender test' administered by Russia. ... Ina [Fried], thank you very much for coming to the Sunday show. Khelif's first opponent this week quit less than a minute into her fight. How did that fuel misinformation about her gender? Fried: I think people took that to mean that she was so much better, and then she was so much better because she was male, which she's not, and then therefore she must be transgender, which she's not, and it just, you know, fueled into the culture wars... and it just went off from there. It fit people's narrative.