I think that boils down to false equivalence. If the reporter had dug into rebutting claims in the quoted email from HCL’s management, a lot of people would acc

I think that boils down to false equivalence. If the reporter had dug into rebutting claims in the quoted email from HCL’s management, a lot of people would accuse the article of having a pro-union bias however much it was just trying to provide a full explanation of the situation to readers. Consequently most news organizations these days just publish two verbatim claims from opposing sides and make no attempt to actually sort out any underlying facts lest they be perceived as “biased”.