Tag: The Mercury
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The Mercury’s One-Sided Report on Gender Identity Forum
Women Speak Tasmania’s official complaint noted that the article misrepresented the forum’s organisers—it was incorrectly portrayed as an “anti-trans” event. It was also organised by the Coalition for Biological Reality, not Women Speak Tasmania. The public forum was titled: “Gender Identity in Law – Impacts on Women, Children and Transgender People: Balancing the Conversation.” The…
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Seek Corrections and Apology from Mercury journalist Kenji Sato for Incorrect Reporting – Email to Editor Jenna Cairney
Dear Editor Jenna Cairney, We seek both corrections and an apology from Mercury journalist Kenji Sato for his factually incorrect, biased and possibly defamatory reporting in the article titled ‘Offensive’ anti-trans forum sparks outrage’ published in the Mercury on 4 October 2021. The corrections required are – We request the Mercury interview Stassja Frei from…
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The Mercury – PR Machine for the Trans Lobby?
In recent weeks, Hobart’s Mercury newspaper has featured a number of articles and longer form stories showcasing the trans rights lobby group, Transforming Tasmania. Transforming Tasmania is behind a number of radical amendments to birth registration and anti-discrimination laws put forward by Labor and the Greens in the Tasmanian parliament this week. Those amendments have…
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Is Mainstream Media in Australia Afraid to Cover Women’s Views on the Transgender Rights Debate?
And what about the Mercury? In the last few months Tasmanian Times has published several articles on the transgender rights debate written by women from Women Speak Tasmania. Most of these articles were also sent out nationally as Media Releases. No mainstream media in Australia has contacted us to follow up on our views. This lack…