More false balance on the NYTimes OpEd pages.
Not exact matches
While it's understandable why school districts and others may want to claim a particular school works given pressure to perform (and pressure on
balance is good in that it has led to some great new effective school models), we all have to be far
more careful in not reinforcing
false claims before having
more substantial evidence that a school is working.
Freed from the
false binary of the heroic individual or obliterating community the triangle of 3 Women gives space to a
more nuanced conversation, one which allows a far healthier
balance of individuality and interdependence.
Now if you strip away all that
false precision, you have A fairly well known forcing that should produce SOME warming with SOME indeterminate degree of variation related to two or
more competing semi-linear internal responses to all forcings, some of which aren't very well
balanced.
Allegations of widespread «
false balance» in mainstream news coverage of climate change — as well as other mainstream media portrayals — have been voiced for
more than a decade.
But what is even
more odd is that Andy Revkin, who has followed climate for decades, is all too willing to create a
false balance by seeking out experts who emphasize the disconnection between single weather events and causation, while ignoring the bigger picture.
These types of hostile media perceptions and claims are even
more likely the case when the financial support for a professional blogger depends in part on maintaining the assertion that pervasive
false balance in coverage exists.
While we applaud their
more accurate and informative climate stories, it does not excuse the Heartland - consulted
false balance in this particular piece.
I frequently criticize science journalism for falling into one or
more common traps —
false balance, hyperbole, misleading framing, failure to put one study into the proper context, inappropriate extrapolation, and others.
False: You or your heirs will not be required to repay
more than the value of your home at the time of sale to repay the loan even if your loan
balance exceeds the sales proceeds.