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Beware of “False Balance”

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016

Yes, journalists should be open to many truths, but not every fact has “another side.” Some things are factually accurate and true and even if somebody thinks differently it does not make their thought equal to the facts.  Here is an essay about the perils of “false balance” that journalists sometimes fall into in an effort to appear to be fair.

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