If the public expects to get both sides of a controversial issue, the Kennebec Journal did not deliver this time.
Transgender advocates got front-page coverage, (“Maine transgender advocates vow to fight despite Trump,” Nov. 16) — along with three full-length columns on the inside pages, regarding their LGBTQ+ concerns. In addition, there was a separate article (two full columns) on the back page of section one.
Yet, several weeks ago, a girl from Mount Desert Island High School was savagely attacked by a muscular transgender student, who outweighed her by about 100 pounds. And other than from another alternative news source (“The Maine Wire”) there has been no mention of this incident. Zero coverage! This was true not only of the KJ, but of other media outlets as well. I’m still holding my breath waiting to read anything about this attack.
Conversely, if it had been the other way around — a male high school jock attacking a smaller transgender student — it would have been all over the media! The coverage would have been phenomenal!
Does the term “biased reporting” come to mind? The general public is finally beginning to wake up to this fact, and is now more aware of the media’s policy of “selective news.” We deserve and are entitled to better information.
Pat Truman
Hallowell
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