Avoiding bias is a laudable goal. But there aren’t always “two sides” to every story.
Giving equal weight to an unsupported position is a false balance, & it can mislead & confuse the audience. 1/2
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While false balance often results from an attempt at impartiality, the irony is that the “balance” results in bias.
Not giving equal weight to an unsupported position isn’t censorship. There’s no conspiracy.
It’s just good journalism. 2/2
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They still do a great job at ignoring real things like natural immunity and pretending it doesn’t exist
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Covering natural immunity as if it were equal to vaccine-induced immunity would be a false balance.
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Depends on the informed journalist's imagination of possible minority opinion. Wrt solar system, it'd be enough to bring a guy to the table promoting Pluto and Ceres as recognized full planets instead of a flat earther.
Wrt climate a doomer as minority opinion instead of a denier
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I think it’s impossible to be unbiased
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Does an open or closed belief system, portray debate as an adversarial/exclusionary experience? Is science an “us vs them” defense of authority/consensus/expert/emotion-based biases/stereotypes or an opportunity for kindness, humility, openminded flexible/objective explanations?
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