Why the Media Keeps Putting Liars on the Same Stage as Experts
There is a practice in American journalism that has done more to destroy public understanding of reality than any propaganda campaign, any conspiracy theory, or any social media algorithm. It is practiced every day, on every major network, by journalists who believe they are doing their jobs correctly.
They put a liar on screen next to an expert and call it balance.
One person has decades of research behind them. The other has a talking point funded by the industry that benefits from the lie. The journalist puts them in matching chairs, gives them equal time, asks them each to make their…
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