Megan Rapinoe criticizes IOC's new policy restricting women's sports to biological females
Retired soccer star Megan Rapinoe criticized the International Olympic Committee's new policy limiting women's sports to biological females based on SRY gene screening. The IOC announced the policy last month, calling it evidence-based and designed to protect women's sports. Rapinoe disputed the scientific basis of the rule and called it discriminatory against transgender athletes.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 6% of divergence this week. 2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
2 camps
1 bias group
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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NY Post
Breitbart
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Neutral
Dismissive
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Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
NY Post
Megan Rapinoe trashes IOC's new policy to protect women's sports, rejects idea rule is based in science
straightforward criticism reporting
Breitbart
Megan Rapinoe Slams Olympics Over Trans Athlete Ban, Claims They Did Not Follow the 'Science'
anti-Rapinoe activist portrayal
First to report
- NY Postfirst
- Breitbart+7.8 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
One outlet frames Rapinoe as trashing the policy, the other emphasizes she slams and rips the IOC while calling her a radical LGBTQ+ activist and extremist.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“Megan Rapinoe trashes IOC's new policy to protect women's sports, rejects idea rule is based in science”
“Megan Rapinoe Slams Olympics Over Trans Athlete Ban, Claims They Did Not Follow the 'Science'”
6 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Rapinoe claims that trans women have the same physical traits as women
Corroborated
Disputed
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