PinkNews refuses to cover trans issues on the basis it jeopardizes ad revenue and is "contentious" [cw: transphobia]
PinkNews refuses to cover trans issues on the basis it jeopardizes ad revenue and is "contentious" [cw: transphobia]
While Transgender lives in the UK and US are at risk, PinkNews abandons its transgender readers.
PinkNews CEO Benjamin Cohen refusing to campaign on trans issues ahead of the election, dismissing them as "incredibly contentious" and insisting they’re different to the equal marriage fight.
He doesn’t want Pinknews to be seen as "some sort of charity” for the trans community
twitter link to the audio.
WTF WAAH
They are a business, they don't "have to" cover anything. They have a duty to their shareholders to choose the path which makes the most money. Campaigning on trans issues doesn't do that. Next story.
It's like me telling a store to carry a brand of pickles, and calling them picklephobic if they don't.