false balance
media bias in which journalists present an issue as being more balanced between opposing viewpoints than the evidence supports
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false balance
Summary
false balance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,000 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- false balance was influenced by journalistic objectivity[2].
- false balance is a type of media bias[3].
- false balance's Commons category is recorded as False balance[4].
- false balance's has cause is recorded as nondiscrimination rule[5].
- false balance's has cause is recorded as political bias[6].
- false balance's facet of is recorded as news[7].
- false balance's facet of is recorded as media coverage of climate change[8].
- false balance's facet of is recorded as MMR vaccine controversy[9].
- false balance's contributing factor of is recorded as conspiracy theory[10].
- false balance's contributing factor of is recorded as misinformation[11].
- false balance's different from is recorded as balance[12].
- false balance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[13].
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Definition and Type
false balance is a type of media bias[3].
Movements and Schools
false balance was influenced by journalistic objectivity[2].
Why It Matters
false balance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,000 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]