How News Outlets Wrote About Elliot Page
Bias / December 4th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff
News publishers were faced with a test of their reporting standards on Tuesday when Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated actor formerly known as Ellen Page, came out as transgender. The rights and identities of trans people are a politically polarizing issue for some in the United States,...
Leave Comedy Alone
Recommended Reading / October 7th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter
Comedy’s recent return to the national spotlight — with new Netflix specials from Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr, and the oops-on-second-thought firing of recently-hired Saturday Night Live cast member Shane Gillis — has brought passionate attacks on offensive speech, sweeping defenses of...