A few years ago, when I still lived in the San Francisco Bay area, there was a terrible accident on I-280 in the town of Woodside. Apparently, the responsibile party entered the freeway in the wrong direction & wound-up droving north in the southbound lanes (280 is a divided highway with four lanes in each direction there). There, they struck an oncoming vehicle containing a mother, her son & the family dog, killing the mother, greviously injuring her son (who will require "life-long medical care") and killing the dog. Having driven that stretch of road innumerable times over the years, I've followed the story since. It's coming to its conclusion: the wrong-way driver pled no contest to felony vehicular manslaughter & felony reckless driving & has been sentenced (to only nine years in prison, with credit for time already served, but that's a subject for another post).
While reading that article, I'm reminded of why no on trusts our media anymore. The driver is a man named Constellatia Martin. He is currently being held in the San Mateo county jail, where he is listed as such. Eyewitnesses identified him as a male. Ah, but you see, he says he is "trans". Hence the articles on sentencing dutifully refers to him as "she" throughout. Contemporaneous reporting did so as well.
When one has to go to primary sources for the basic facts on a story, reporters add no value. Consumers have realized that.