"There is disturbing and intrusive reporting of
transgender and intersex issues by parts of the press' and that some
newspapers treat trans people as though they are 'deserving of parody'. “it is clear that there is a marked tendency in a section of the press
to fail to treat members of the transgender and intersex communities
with sufficient dignity and respect… parts of the tabloid press continue
to seek to ‘out’ transgender people notwithstanding its prohibition in
the Editors’ Code...
"There
has been a significant tendency within the press which leads to
the publication of prejudicial or pejorative references to race,
religion, gender, sexual orientation or physical or mental illness or
disability... That failure has, in the main, been limited to a section
of the press
and may well stem from an undue focus on seeking to reflect the views
(even if unsuccessfully) of a particular readership."
From the Leveson Report.
Hear hear.
Friday, 30 November 2012
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