what nefarious activities are they really trying to cover up

Maybe that's what people need to start asking themselves and others next time we get bombarded with stuff that is supposedly causing outrage.

They go with the trans subject because they know people will pay attention, when people stop paying attention they'll just go with another subject.

It's like abortion and gay marriage, every time they wanted people distracted they'd bring it up but they've used those subjects so much that it hardly has an effect now. It's not like people have a say about what is presented in the news, remember Occupy Wall Street? Like a month went by before the news even mentioned something was going on.

Honestly I don't know what they're trying to cover up right now but I'm more concerned about government demanding disclosure of transfers made by people associated to Bitconnect within the last 90 days and orders to halt any crypto transfers until they say so. While I do think those involved should pay for knowingly tricking others, I don't think gov intervention is a good idea for the precedents they can create.