Even the New Yorker…which is famous for having a rigorous fact-checking department. Even the New Yorker tells us these stupid lies.
Lia Thomas has been swimming since she was five years old. As a high schooler, she was one of the top swimmers in Texas, an All-American. She followed her older brother onto the men’s team at the University of Pennsylvania, and established herself as a strong competitor in distance races; in her sophomore season, at the Ivy League championships, she finished second in three events.
Six factual errors (actually lies) in that one paragraph, because William “Lia” Thomas is not a she but a he.
We get the unconvincing story of how he felt unaligned with his body … Read the rest