| ‘Not Possible’ A CNN news writer inspired controversy this week with his claim that it was “not possible” to determine a person’s gender identity at birth. “It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and for some people, the sex listed on their original birth certificate is a misleading way of describing the body they have,” the network’s Devan Cole wrote in a Tuesday story centered on South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) move to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports in public high schools and colleges. Noem signed a pair of executive orders to that effect on Monday. That passage received heavy criticism from many prominent conservatives. “If you believe CNN’s … paragraph here, it is because you are an idiot,” Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro wrote in a message responding to the story on Twitter. “I’m sorry. Is this supposed to be a hard news writeup?” queried Reason’s, Stephanie Slade. “This is just an absolutely mind-boggling display of linguistic gymnastics in a bid to achieve woke perfection while unflinchingly denying any aspect of science or even plain common sense,” Newsmax editor Cody Derespina opined. “This is CNN,” Redstate founder Erick Erickson observed. “Unbelievable.” The backlash prompted CNN to update its story with a new, additional paragraph...
Relatedly, the AP was under fire online this week over its dog poo story.
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