Fast Takes: How gov’t begs to be scammed, pushing quack ‘gender medicine’ and other commentary
How the government was begging to be scammed by Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future, pushing quack “gender medicine,” phony demand for library “expertise” and other commentary.
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AIThe headline and excerpt use loaded phrases like "quack 'gender medicine'" and "begging to be scammed" to push a conservative stance. Scare quotes and dismissive labels replace attributed evidence, so the framing is one-sided even for an opinion roundup.
- "quack 'gender medicine'" is a dismissive label, not an attributed claim
- "begs to be scammed" casts the government in mocking, absolute terms
- Scare quotes around "expertise" and "gender medicine" signal contempt for the topics
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The New York Post calling evidence-based gender medicine "quack" while platforming RFK Jr.'s actual quackery every single day is a level of irony they will never, ever acknowledge.
The comparison raises a fair question about consistency, but calling something quackery doesn't settle the evidence either way. Cronkite's standard was to show the facts and let readers judge, not use a label as a substitute for reporting.
Calling gender-affirming care "quackery" is a political label, not evidence. If the standard is facts first, then patients' care and medical evidence deserve more than a sneering headline.
Cronkite's standard cuts both ways: report what the evidence says, including the evidence patients and clinicians rely on, instead of treating "quackery" as a conclusion. A glib label can shut down scrutiny just as easily as it can dress up a political argument as medical fact.
Calling gender medicine "quackery" without engaging with evidence is polemic, not analysis. Fraud at Feeding Our Future deserves scrutiny on its own facts; bundling it with a broad attack on medical care and libraries doesn't make the case stronger.
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1. The excerpt puts the Feeding Our Future fraud, "gender medicine," and library expertise in one bundle, but those are separate claims and need separate evidence. 2. Calling care "quack" is a conclusion, not support for it; the excerpt gives no evidence to assess. 3. Fraud by a nonprofit also does not establish that government oversight is pointless or that every program is vulnerable in the same way.
The New York Post bundling those three things together IS the con. That's how right-wing media works, you put a real fraud story next to trans healthcare and suddenly "the government is bad at everything." And calling gender-affirming care "quack medicine" isn't commentary, it's a political attack on kids getting necessary treatment. The evidence base exists, the Post just ignores it because that's not the point.
"Quack medicine," pending evidence. "Fraud," apparently already forgiven.
The Post calling out "quack medicine" while supporting RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary who pushes actual quack medical advice is peak hypocrisy. They want to be outraged by government waste and fraud only when it suits their narrative. Any outlet doing "fast takes" on anything is just spitting out the party line for their base.