Balanced news reporting [@twisteddoodles]

[technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

the press themselves can’t won't do that.

It is extremely possible to explain the evidence for and against an issue, if not for the phony standard of "balance".

[niktemadur@lemmy.world]

And that's how the bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe narrative gets pushed and stoked and permeates weak minds everywhere, through sheer repetition.

[rational_lib@lemmy.world]

Except the US media usually skips the first part. When was the last time anyone saw someone with a PhD related to what they were talking about being asked something in the media? No they start with something Elon Musk tweeted about H1B visas and then cover what Laura Loomer said in response. The expert on H1B visas is nowhere to be found.

[nutwrench@lemmy.ml]

You don't have report "both sides" of an argument if one side of that argument is blithering bullshit.

[apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca]

Anybody else remember when fox news interviewed one of the moderators for /r/antiwork which went about as well as you would expect?

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

The US used to have laws that required balanced reporting. Once they were removed, all reporting became 0 effort opinion-based.

There was some value in making them work to lie.