(OPINION) FW – In a news report that is, as talk radio host Erick Erickson called it, “unbelievable,” a CNN journalist claimed there “is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.”
The focus of reporter Devan Cole’s article is South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) executive orders, signed this week, to ban biological males from competing on female sports teams at elementary and secondary educational institutions.
Despite the fact the article is a news report and not an opinion piece, Cole claimed the phrase “biological sex” is “a disputed term that refers to sex as listed on students’ original birth certificates.” “It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth,” the reporter added, “and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.”
The CNN journalist was immediately met with internet scorn. Andrew Walker, an ethics and public theology professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, asked, “How are we supposed to take this seriously?”
Washington Examiner political columnist Tim Carney responded to Cole’s article, writing, “We know how to assign sex at birth. CNN is literally lying to you in asserting otherwise. The writer and editor know the difference between a baby boy and a baby girl. It’s rank dishonesty in service of culture war.” READ MORE
