"This is verging on an epidemic of, you know, what are we dealing with in this country," she says. "You'd think that trans people made up like 47% of the American populace,. right? As opposed to like less than like 0.5%. There's just this total kind of front page freak out that keeps happening."
In this News Brief, we break down the recent controversy over the open letter sent by 1200+ NYT contributors pushing back on The Times' salacious coverage of "trans issues," and how the Paper of Record's response has proved to be thin skinned, sanctimonious, and hypocritical.
With guests Eric Thurm and Julia Carmel.