An RNZ story on the death of a young gender-confused anorexic is republished by major NZ news sites and goes viral on social media.
Transgender activists alienate many by criticising the parents of the dead 17-year-old girl.
The trans lobby’s power to stamp out criticism has been neutered.
The legacy media may be forced to widen its coverage of contentious topics.
When film-maker David Farrier read Ruth Hill’s devastating exposé on RNZ’s website of the brief life of “Vanessa”, a 17-year-old gender-confused anorexic who died of starvation alone in a motel room, his reaction was anger and disbelief. He expressed his feelings to Hill in a brief email.
His anger was not, however, directed at the Dean at Vanessa’s school who undermined her parents’ wishes to discourage her from adopting an identity as a boy — a stance which followed advice from her psychiatrist, who thought she was transitioning as a way of deflecting attention from her anorexia.
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RNZ dismissed 1930s heat data by claiming sites can’t be compared, even though NIWA now routinely does, undermining their own record-breaking headline.
Given the concerns over Grenon’s minority involvement with NZME, the media silence over Stuff’s new half-owner exposes how easily concerns may melt away when the people in charge already think the same way as the press gallery.
RNZ dismissed 1930s heat data by claiming sites can’t be compared, even though NIWA now routinely does, undermining their own record-breaking headline.
Given the concerns over Grenon’s minority involvement with NZME, the media silence over Stuff’s new half-owner exposes how easily concerns may melt away when the people in charge already think the same way as the press gallery.
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When film-maker David Farrier read Ruth Hill’s devastating exposé on RNZ’s website of the brief life of “Vanessa”, a 17-year-old gender-confused anorexic who died of starvation alone in a motel room, his reaction was anger and disbelief. He expressed his feelings to Hill in a brief email.
His anger was not, however, directed at the Dean at Vanessa’s school who undermined her parents’ wishes to discourage her from adopting an identity as a boy — a stance which followed advice from her psychiatrist, who thought she was transitioning as a way of deflecting attention from her anorexia.
Nor was it directed at the shocking behaviour by ... Subscribe to unlock.
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