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 has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 Viewpoint discrimination[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].

Body

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 has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contributing factor of conspiracy theory, misinformation
    Facet of news, media coverage of climate change, MMR vaccine controversy
    Subclass of
    Influenced by journalistic objectivity
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