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.
Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for #Trump
A new #HomelandSecurity #report details orders to connect protesters arrested in Portland to one another in service of the Trump's imaginary #antifa plot.
#news #privacy #security #uspol #corruption #corruptgop
https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-homeland-security-report-antifa-portland-1849718673
A mesmerizing timelapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over the course of a month.
Credit: NASA/SDO
#sun #nasa #space #astronomy
"#Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But #certainty is an absurd one."
— Voltaire
#voltaire #quote #philosophy #science #research #enlightenment
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