Responsible journalism? Kansas Reflector reporter shows extreme bias in reporting about “hate groups” in Kansas
"We're going to discuss how legislation drafted by national hate groups have trickled their way into state law"
Kansas Reflector reporter Rachel Mipro recently interviewed Kansas State Rep. Susan Ruiz on her podcast. Mipro’s introductory remarks showed the bias in her political activism: “We're going to discuss how legislation drafted by national hate groups have trickled their way into state law.”
Mipro’s Reflector “news” story created from the podcast interview used softer terminology in its title, “far-right groups” instead of “hate groups.”
Mipro’s article identified Alliance Defending Freedom as a “hate group” because of a designation by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their work crafting “model legislation for the student athlete ban” keeping biological males out of female athletic competition.
Influence Watch says ADF is a right-of-center Christian litigation and advocacy organization.
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is a right-of-center Christian litigation and advocacy organization. ADF represents clients on issues like protections for religious exercise, Christian understandings of marriage and sexuality, freedom of expression, and Title IX.
The self-proclaimed “hate group” arbiter, Southern Poverty Law Center, is described this way by Influence Watch:
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a controversial watchdog of extremist groups. It has been criticized for its financial practices and for characterizing non-violent conventional conservative organizations as equivalent to violent extremists.
Why does the Kansas Reflector, and the “Left” in general, use the label “hate group” for an organization advocating for safe spaces for women and fairness in women’s sports?
Doesn’t name calling and bigotry inhibit normal public discussion?
Why does the Left think they “control” the definition – and re-definition – of common words, like “woman”, to achieve their political goals?
Our next substack article will look at Ruiz’s comment:
“A lot of these groups are not based in Kansas,” Ruiz said. “They may have an office in Kansas, but they’re not based in Kansas.
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Kansas Reflector’s recent “news” story quoted State Rep. Susan Ruiz complaining about conservative groups: “A lot of these groups are not based in Kansas,” Ruiz said. “They may have an office in Kansas, but they’re not based in Kansas. They’re coming from Florida, Texas, Virginia.”
Awesome reporting