True:

"Mainstream journalists, who are endlessly harangued for their alleged liberal bias, jump at opportunities to strut their evenhandedness, even when it backfires on them." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/22/midterms-mainstream-media-stand-by-red-wave/

That's from the Washington Post's media columnist, Erik Wemple:

What Wemple describes is a major factor. I've been writing about it for years. It helps explain yesterday's staggering "they both lie" tweet from Ashley Parker comparing Biden's mendacity to Trump's.

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@jayrosen_nyu Sorry but Parker’s post went beyond performative evenhandedness. There was a mean spiritedness behind it that really surprised me.
@gertrudethesquid It was bad — and wrong-headed — in many ways.