Via Equality Matters: The hosts of Fox & Friends found themselves confounded by the announcement that Bradley Manning, the former Army private convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, identifies as a female and wishes to be identified as Chelsea Manning.
On the August 22 edition of Fox & Friends, guest host Ainsley Earhart reported that the Manning case had taken a "bizarre" turn with lawyer David Coombs' announcement that his client wishes to live her life as a woman.
While the GLAAD Media Reference Guide calls on outlets to refer to transgender people by their chosen pronouns, Earhart and co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy repeatedly referred to Manning as a male. Earhart reported that "this news comes as his lawyers, her lawyers - what do you say here, I don't know" are seeking a presidential pardon for Manning. Kilmeade introduced the segment saying, "You've got to take it slow because it confuses people":
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