Most broadcast and cable networks covered violence against trans people in 2022 in reaction to the Club Q shooting — but at no other time
Cable and broadcast television networks’ coverage of the escalating violence against trans people in America grew in 2022, fueled by widespread coverage of the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but they generally failed to cover anti-trans violence otherwise. Additionally, coverage of the Club Q shooting suffered from familiar issues, including failure to properly contextualize individual violent acts as coming amid a larger epidemic of violence and failure to air perspectives from trans guests. As has also been the case in recent years, Fox News was the worst offender of the...
Source: mediamatters.org
