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Jay Rosen Nov 27, 2022

See the attachment for Josh Marshall's apt description of "both sides" journalism.

As I've said before, "both sides" is not primarily a truth-seeking practice, but a refuge-seeking one.

"Press bias avoidance" as Josh calls it, is not about depicting what happened. Not in the main, I mean. Rather it's a pre-response by journalists to criticisms they have anticipated or internalized.

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Ruami Grey

@jayrosen_nyu @joshtpm

IMO the commitment to pursue "bothsides" no matter what is itself a form of bias. And it is more about the journalist/publication focusing on controlling their image (and therefore, in a sense, making the story about themselves: "look at us! look how fair we are!") than it is about the journalist/publication focusing on authentic reporting.