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USA Today deletes controversial pedophilia tweets, stealth-edits headline
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] A leading American newspaper published a controversial article about pedophiles, and the controversy heightened after the news outlet's social media account deleted its initial accompanying remarks about the piece.USA Today attempted to reframe the controversial topic of pedophilia as something that's "misunderstood." A majority of the piece brings up how child molesters complicate the public image of pedophiles. One of the quotes in the pieces comes from psychologist, author, and "internationally recognized expert" Anna Slater, who says there are people who "molest kids because they're scared of adult women. They molest kids to get Dire Revenge, but they don't actually have an age preference for prepubescent children." The theme of the article tries to argue the psychological situation of pedophiles, claiming it's a condition they're born with. USA Today later deleted a thread of tweets that espoused the same talking points from the article and were met with a heavy ratio on Twitter. The headline has been edited from "What the public keeps getting wrong about pedophilia" to "The complicated research behind pedophilia." Related: Pedophil: 2022-01-08 Russian Duma to adopt a law on life imprisonment for pedophiles Pedophil: 2021-12-30 CNN Lost Another 38% Of Viewers In 2021 Pedophil: 2021-12-30 Anderson Cooper floats withholding Social Security from unvaxxed, fact-checkers lib-splain Posted by: Fred 2022-01-13 |
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