CNN was slammed for a blanket statement in a news story that it is “not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth.”
“This is in a NEWS article at CNN: ‘It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.’ This is beyond farce. This is CNN,” radio show host Jason Rantz tweeted on Wednesday.
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This is in a NEWS article at CNN: “It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.”
This is beyond farce. This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/Cfl0GGvWE2
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) March 31, 2021
His comment comes in response to a CNN article on South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issuing executive orders banning transgender girls and women from competing on women’s sports teams.
Within the body of the story, CNN reporter Devan Cole wrote: “It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.”
The statement was not attributed to a source, and it was dragged on social media.
Remember when the propaganda outlet CNN ran an ad campaign about “facts” called “this is an apple, this is a banana”? Maybe they should work on “this is a penis, this is a vagina.” https://t.co/RiaQYM8es8
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) March 31, 2021
I’m sorry. Is this supposed to be a hard news writeup? https://t.co/c8BE4Um2aP pic.twitter.com/xgJCCGDkne
— (Stephanie) Slade (@sladesr) March 30, 2021
This is CNN. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/gTMQOWDXGc
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 31, 2021
Real line from CNN coverage of Noem/girls’ sports bill: “It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.” https://t.co/SseGQizlXJ
— Katrina Trinko (@KatrinaTrinko) March 30, 2021
Americans: “We feel like we can’t trust the media. Can we just read the news without having opinions on contested issues presented as facts?”
The media: https://t.co/1LcbF708Y3
— Katrina Haydon (@katrinabhaydon) March 31, 2021
CNN did not immediately return the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
CNN has faced repeated criticisms for its reporting in recent weeks, with a former producer for the network saying last week that someone needs to “step in” and stop host Don Lemon’s “dangerous” rhetoric on guns.
“Someone at CNN needs to step in. This hyperbole isn’t just offensive, it’s actually dangerous,” former CNN producer Steve Krakauer tweeted last Wednesday.
His message was in response to a segment in which Lemon said people are at constant risk of being shot to death following the shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
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“Every single one of us is just playing the odds at this point — the odds that in a country of 325 million souls that we won’t be the ones who get hit by the next bullets that start flying, we won’t be the one that gets that phone call about someone you love who did, that phone call that changes your life,” Lemon said.
This weekend, CNN was also slammed for a “dishonest” tweet that used the word “accident” to report on the killing of an Uber Eats driver during a carjacking by two teenage girls.
