How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science

December 20, 2025 - 10:23 UTC

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The story never ran. Coverage of Cass was taken away from the international desk, per order of top editors in NY, and given to the science desk. That desk had been a leader in promoting anti-trans disinformation throughout 2022-23. (Hundreds of the nyt own contributors had denounced its bias)
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what is this claim about internal nyt decisions based on? have you published it elsewhere?
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@jaymepoisson.bsky.social here is an important thread on Cass, especially important for you to read given that you gave a platform to NYT reporters to air the same misrepresentations this past week. 👎
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holy shit
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The nyt’s first story on the Cass report didn’t come out until the next day, when it portrayed the document, falsely, as part of a movement in Europe to restrict care. No such movement existed. France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria were taking positions in opposition to Cass and in line w doctors
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