Sentences with phrase «false balance often»

False Balance Often Leads To Quoting Those Without Any Credentials.

Not exact matches

This kind of false balance becomes a problem when one side is based on knowledge and the other is merely an opinion, as often occurs when policy problems intersect with science.

We've commented before on the «false objectivity of balance», i.e. the tendency for many journalists to treat scientific issues — for which differing positions often do not have equal merit — in the same «he said, she said» manner they might treat a story on policy or politics.

As one of those rare contrarian climate experts, he's often asked to testify before US Congress and interviewed by media outlets that want to present a «skeptical» or false balance climate narrative.

The BBC Trust, in a report four years in the making, said that the network pays so much attention to the appearance of impartiality that many of its broadcasts end up with a «false balance» — giving equal time and attention to often discredited ideas.

Such beliefs are utterly negated by the sheer wealth of evidence against such a proposition, but remain popular due to an often - skewed false balance present in partisan media [20, 21], resulting in public confusion and inertia.

There are excellent journalists out there, but the average mediocre journalist tends to fall for the fallacy of false balance, indulge in hype and sensationalism, overly rely on individual experts who may have quirky opinions, and often fail to put topics into a proper context.