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What Is Fox News's Problem With Chelsea Manning?
Typical Fox news
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2013/09/04/op-ed-what-fox-newss-problem-chelsea-manning
When I first heard someone over at Fox News mocking Chelsea Manning's request to be referred to as female from here on out, I figured it was one terrible joke, pitched by the "funny" guy in the newsroom who started his career logging tapes on a radio show called Dumpy and the Wiener in the Morning. You'd get it out of your system, then your anchors would begrudgingly refer to Manning as female. But hey, sometimes even I surprise myself with optimism.
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She, she, she, her, her, her, Chelsea, not Bradley — admittedly, when we've been referring to someone as one gender for three years now, it can be tough to make that change in our own minds when referring to that person a new way, even if you completely support their transition process. It just takes practice. Both MSNBC and CNN stumbled at first, after NBC's Savannah Guthrie broke the news in August that Manning would prefer female pronouns from now on.
First, Fox News's America's Newsroom host Greg Jarrett continued to use male pronouns to refer to Private Manning after her announcement August 22. The next day, Jarrett defended his wording, saying that he doesn't do "what Bradley Manning wants me to do." That same day, on Happening Now (not to be confused with the delightful What's Happening Now!), Jon Scott, Judith Miller, and Kirsten Powers also went he/him/Bradley-crazy. In fact, they likened Manning wanting to be referred to as female to requesting being called "Your Royal Highness." Scott said this request was "political correctness gone amok." To make fun of the fact that Manning will still have to go to a men's prison, former comedian Dennis Miller joked that she would be living life in prison as a woman, wink, wink — you know, because prison rape = LMFAO.
And then there was the gem where Fox & Friends teased a segment about Manning while playing Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady." You could say that I'm being humorless, but "Dude Looks Like a Lady"? Seriously!? That "joke" peaked with Mrs. Doubtfire (which apparently was the first, last, and only movie you've seen with a gender-nonconforming person, because you've done the Mrs. Doubtfire joke before. Kill your darlings, people. Jeez).
...snip...
She, she, she, her, her, her, Chelsea, not Bradley — admittedly, when we've been referring to someone as one gender for three years now, it can be tough to make that change in our own minds when referring to that person a new way, even if you completely support their transition process. It just takes practice. Both MSNBC and CNN stumbled at first, after NBC's Savannah Guthrie broke the news in August that Manning would prefer female pronouns from now on.
First, Fox News's America's Newsroom host Greg Jarrett continued to use male pronouns to refer to Private Manning after her announcement August 22. The next day, Jarrett defended his wording, saying that he doesn't do "what Bradley Manning wants me to do." That same day, on Happening Now (not to be confused with the delightful What's Happening Now!), Jon Scott, Judith Miller, and Kirsten Powers also went he/him/Bradley-crazy. In fact, they likened Manning wanting to be referred to as female to requesting being called "Your Royal Highness." Scott said this request was "political correctness gone amok." To make fun of the fact that Manning will still have to go to a men's prison, former comedian Dennis Miller joked that she would be living life in prison as a woman, wink, wink — you know, because prison rape = LMFAO.
And then there was the gem where Fox & Friends teased a segment about Manning while playing Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady." You could say that I'm being humorless, but "Dude Looks Like a Lady"? Seriously!? That "joke" peaked with Mrs. Doubtfire (which apparently was the first, last, and only movie you've seen with a gender-nonconforming person, because you've done the Mrs. Doubtfire joke before. Kill your darlings, people. Jeez).