There’s been academic studies on this and what will probably happen is cursory coverage until there’s an incident of violence which can be used to paint the protesters as a threat at which point there will be wall to wall coverage with “they’ve gone too far” intonations throughout.

from revolutionary suicide by huey p newton

A doctor who cooperated with police when Huey P. Newton was brought into the hospital after being shot later ixnayed himself. Just putting that out there.

HIIII HONEYYYY!!

so many people warned about exactly this for years and major papers preferred to publish scare pieces about trans girls playing sports