(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) NBC significantly doctored several photos of transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Will “Lia” Thomas in order to make him appear more feminine, according to the Washington Examiner.
The photos in question appeared during NBC’s “Today” show on March 17 and were immediately noticed when clips of the show were posted to Twitter.
I know, right? Compare and contrast… pic.twitter.com/yQq5e5KnEY
— Sandieannie (@Sandieannie1910) March 17, 2022
The Examiner interviewed photographer Erica Denhoff, who said she was “surprised and disappointed” that her photograph was altered.
“It’s really important as photojournalists that we transmit authentic photos that have not been altered,” Denhoff said.
“My photo that they licensed was an authentic photo — I’m surprised and disappointed that Today altered my image of Lia for this particular news segment.”
In the woke-attentive words of ESPN, Thomas became “the first known transgender athlete to win a Division I national championship in any sport.”
By allowing men to compete in women’s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud.
In Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota’s Emma Weyant as the best women’s swimmer in the 500y freestyle. pic.twitter.com/tBmFxFE3q6
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 22, 2022
Her “victory” over second-place Emma Weyant in the 500-yard freestyle was immediately celebrated as historic by the Left.
“Hate to tell you, but in a way, everyone is trans,” wrote Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins.
“We look to facts to rescue us when a subject becomes heated, but here, the science remains unsettled,” she continued.
“Therefore, to exclude trans athletes from elite competition, out of our own constricting fears and uncertainty, is wrong, harmfully so.”
Jenkins surely knows how absurd she sounds, but she also knows that as a scribe of the elite consensus, it is her office to participate in the construction of a specialized ignorance, which even a Harvard Law graduate nominated to serve a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme Court can claim not to know how to define “woman” because she is not “a biologist.”
For the Leftist media, if you’re not gaslighting, you’re not doing it right.
First, they steal opportunities from women.
Then, they tell us we “should be celebrating” this as a victory for women.
A Masterclass in Gaslighting. https://t.co/l3j2psulIF
— Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) March 22, 2022
