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Here's an article from Margaret Sullivan that goes into the details of one recent example of "both sides" from the NYT: https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p
by davidw 2y ago
Here's an article from Margaret Sullivan that goes into the details of one recent example of "both sides" from the NYT:
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/an-ugly-case-of-false-balance-in https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/an-ugly-case-of-fals...
But it's hardly isolated. Once you start to see it, you start to realize how pervasive it is in a lot of reporting.
As above, it's the kind of thing that makes sense when you have two sides who, looking at the same facts, have different opinions on them. But when one side is rapidly divorcing itself from the facts, well... it's become a problem.