#bothsidesism — Public Fediverse posts

More #USPol here, though this is about #media. The rot is worse in the #USA than most democratic nations [1], so examples of what I'm about to bitch about flourish there.

The problem is that the media - mainstream media, corporate media, legacy media - has given up calling things what they are, lest they appear "biased". Instead, they engage in "both-sides-ism" where they describe one party's horrific, unethical, illegal position on an issue in the same #neutral terms they describe the "other side"'s reasonable and factual take on it.

Example:

Reasonable side: "The prison camp Alligator Alcatraz has inhumane conditions for inmates and fails to uphold their rights to security, food, facilities, medical treatment, and other things. It violates human rights and must be closed permanently."

The "other side" in this case is a bunch of racist nazi nutjob fascists in favour of throwing all non-white people into concentration camps, and the media say something like "Critics say, however, that the prison is a cost-effective means of detaining those in violation of immigration law prior to deportation".

The media fail when they describe a "side" like this neutrally.

And it is the reason the USA now has a #fascist #dictator.

Today: you don't say "critics say" here - a no-bid contract by #definition did bypass the normal #competitive process. It's a #fact.

[1] Note: not "most other democratic nations".

#BothSides #BothSidesIsm #journalism #stenography #failure #criticism

More #USPol here, though this is about #media. The rot is worse in the #USA than most democratic nations [1], so examples of what I'm about to bitch about flourish there.

The problem is that the media - mainstream media, corporate media, legacy media - has given up calling things what they are, lest they appear "biased". Instead, they engage in "both-sides-ism" where they describe one party's horrific, unethical, illegal position on an issue in the same #neutral terms they describe the "other side"'s reasonable and factual take on it.

Example:

Reasonable side: "The prison camp Alligator Alcatraz has inhumane conditions for inmates and fails to uphold their rights to security, food, facilities, medical treatment, and other things. It violates human rights and must be closed permanently."

The "other side" in this case is a bunch of racist nazi nutjob fascists in favour of throwing all non-white people into concentration camps, and the media say something like "Critics say, however, that the prison is a cost-effective means of detaining those in violation of immigration law prior to deportation".

The media fail when they describe a "side" like this neutrally.

And it is the reason the USA now has a #fascist #dictator.

Today: you don't say "critics say" here - a no-bid contract by #definition did bypass the normal #competitive process. It's a #fact.

[1] Note: not "most other democratic nations".

#BothSides #BothSidesIsm #journalism #stenography #failure #criticism

More #USPol here, though this is about #media. The rot is worse in the #USA than most democratic nations [1], so examples of what I'm about to bitch about flourish there.

The problem is that the media - mainstream media, corporate media, legacy media - has given up calling things what they are, lest they appear "biased". Instead, they engage in "both-sides-ism" where they describe one party's horrific, unethical, illegal position on an issue in the same #neutral terms they describe the "other side"'s reasonable and factual take on it.

Example:

Reasonable side: "The prison camp Alligator Alcatraz has inhumane conditions for inmates and fails to uphold their rights to security, food, facilities, medical treatment, and other things. It violates human rights and must be closed permanently."

The "other side" in this case is a bunch of racist nazi nutjob fascists in favour of throwing all non-white people into concentration camps, and the media say something like "Critics say, however, that the prison is a cost-effective means of detaining those in violation of immigration law prior to deportation".

The media fail when they describe a "side" like this neutrally.

And it is the reason the USA now has a #fascist #dictator.

Today: you don't say "critics say" here - a no-bid contract by #definition did bypass the normal #competitive process. It's a #fact.

[1] Note: not "most other democratic nations".

#BothSides #BothSidesIsm #journalism #stenography #failure #criticism

More #USPol here, though this is about #media. The rot is worse in the #USA than most democratic nations [1], so examples of what I'm about to bitch about flourish there.

The problem is that the media - mainstream media, corporate media, legacy media - has given up calling things what they are, lest they appear "biased". Instead, they engage in "both-sides-ism" where they describe one party's horrific, unethical, illegal position on an issue in the same #neutral terms they describe the "other side"'s reasonable and factual take on it.

Example:

Reasonable side: "The prison camp Alligator Alcatraz has inhumane conditions for inmates and fails to uphold their rights to security, food, facilities, medical treatment, and other things. It violates human rights and must be closed permanently."

The "other side" in this case is a bunch of racist nazi nutjob fascists in favour of throwing all non-white people into concentration camps, and the media say something like "Critics say, however, that the prison is a cost-effective means of detaining those in violation of immigration law prior to deportation".

The media fail when they describe a "side" like this neutrally.

And it is the reason the USA now has a #fascist #dictator.

Today: you don't say "critics say" here - a no-bid contract by #definition did bypass the normal #competitive process. It's a #fact.

[1] Note: not "most other democratic nations".

#BothSides #BothSidesIsm #journalism #stenography #failure #criticism

More #USPol here, though this is about #media. The rot is worse in the #USA than most democratic nations [1], so examples of what I'm about to bitch about flourish there.

The problem is that the media - mainstream media, corporate media, legacy media - has given up calling things what they are, lest they appear "biased". Instead, they engage in "both-sides-ism" where they describe one party's horrific, unethical, illegal position on an issue in the same #neutral terms they describe the "other side"'s reasonable and factual take on it.

Example:

Reasonable side: "The prison camp Alligator Alcatraz has inhumane conditions for inmates and fails to uphold their rights to security, food, facilities, medical treatment, and other things. It violates human rights and must be closed permanently."

The "other side" in this case is a bunch of racist nazi nutjob fascists in favour of throwing all non-white people into concentration camps, and the media say something like "Critics say, however, that the prison is a cost-effective means of detaining those in violation of immigration law prior to deportation".

The media fail when they describe a "side" like this neutrally.

And it is the reason the USA now has a #fascist #dictator.

Today: you don't say "critics say" here - a no-bid contract by #definition did bypass the normal #competitive process. It's a #fact.

[1] Note: not "most other democratic nations".

#BothSides #BothSidesIsm #journalism #stenography #failure #criticism

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#Democrats #republicans #midterms2026 #pedophiles #epstein #bothsidesism To all those Republican trolls preaching bothsidesism, Raul Torrez is demonstrating how false that narrative is. While #idiot47 is waging war to divert attention from his Epstein Escapades, and while Republicans are doing everything they can to coverup for their sexual predator President, Democrats are actually DOING something to protect children from Epstein-like predators. Remember THIS in November.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Democrats #republicans #midterms2026 #pedophiles #epstein #bothsidesism To all those Republican trolls preaching bothsidesism, Raul Torrez is demonstrating how false that narrative is. While #idiot47 is waging war to divert attention from his Epstein Escapades, and while Republicans are doing everything they can to coverup for their sexual predator President, Democrats are actually DOING something to protect children from Epstein-like predators. Remember THIS in November.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Democrats #republicans #midterms2026 #pedophiles #epstein #bothsidesism To all those Republican trolls preaching bothsidesism, Raul Torrez is demonstrating how false that narrative is. While #idiot47 is waging war to divert attention from his Epstein Escapades, and while Republicans are doing everything they can to coverup for their sexual predator President, Democrats are actually DOING something to protect children from Epstein-like predators. Remember THIS in November.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Democrats #republicans #midterms2026 #pedophiles #epstein #bothsidesism To all those Republican trolls preaching bothsidesism, Raul Torrez is demonstrating how false that narrative is. While #idiot47 is waging war to divert attention from his Epstein Escapades, and while Republicans are doing everything they can to coverup for their sexual predator President, Democrats are actually DOING something to protect children from Epstein-like predators. Remember THIS in November.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Democrats #republicans #midterms2026 #pedophiles #epstein #bothsidesism To all those Republican trolls preaching bothsidesism, Raul Torrez is demonstrating how false that narrative is. While #idiot47 is waging war to divert attention from his Epstein Escapades, and while Republicans are doing everything they can to coverup for their sexual predator President, Democrats are actually DOING something to protect children from Epstein-like predators. Remember THIS in November.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Dan Froomkin on how legacy media journalists know full well the truth about Trump, but hide the truth with mendacious headlines and weasel words, and by providing no context for readers to understand important stories. The upshot:

"They normalize lunacy and lying and criminal conduct."

#Trump #media #LegacyMedia #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #lies #disinformation #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism #normalization

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/at-the-times-and-the-post-solid-reporting

Dan Froomkin on how legacy media journalists know full well the truth about Trump, but hide the truth with mendacious headlines and weasel words, and by providing no context for readers to understand important stories. The upshot:

"They normalize lunacy and lying and criminal conduct."

#Trump #media #LegacyMedia #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #lies #disinformation #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism #normalization

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/at-the-times-and-the-post-solid-reporting

Dan Froomkin on how legacy media journalists know full well the truth about Trump, but hide the truth with mendacious headlines and weasel words, and by providing no context for readers to understand important stories. The upshot:

"They normalize lunacy and lying and criminal conduct."

#Trump #media #LegacyMedia #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #lies #disinformation #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism #normalization

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/at-the-times-and-the-post-solid-reporting

Dan Froomkin on how legacy media journalists know full well the truth about Trump, but hide the truth with mendacious headlines and weasel words, and by providing no context for readers to understand important stories. The upshot:

"They normalize lunacy and lying and criminal conduct."

#Trump #media #LegacyMedia #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #lies #disinformation #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism #normalization

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/at-the-times-and-the-post-solid-reporting

Dan Froomkin on how legacy media journalists know full well the truth about Trump, but hide the truth with mendacious headlines and weasel words, and by providing no context for readers to understand important stories. The upshot:

"They normalize lunacy and lying and criminal conduct."

#Trump #media #LegacyMedia #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #lies #disinformation #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism #normalization

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/at-the-times-and-the-post-solid-reporting

@tagesschau

Sogar bei so einem eindeutigen Thema, dass man mit wissenschaftlichen Fakten und finanziellen Kalkulationen analysieren kann, verstecken sich die Berufs-Feiglinge und Nicht-Journalisten der #Tagesschau lieber hinter dümmlichem #Bothsidesism und #FalseBalance.

Hört endlich auf, populistische Unterhaltung und private Meinungen von Nichtfachleuten als #Journalismus zu verkaufen.

@tagesschau

Sogar bei so einem eindeutigen Thema, dass man mit wissenschaftlichen Fakten und finanziellen Kalkulationen analysieren kann, verstecken sich die Berufs-Feiglinge und Nicht-Journalisten der #Tagesschau lieber hinter dümmlichem #Bothsidesism und #FalseBalance.

Hört endlich auf, populistische Unterhaltung und private Meinungen von Nichtfachleuten als #Journalismus zu verkaufen.

@tagesschau

Sogar bei so einem eindeutigen Thema, dass man mit wissenschaftlichen Fakten und finanziellen Kalkulationen analysieren kann, verstecken sich die Berufs-Feiglinge und Nicht-Journalisten der #Tagesschau lieber hinter dümmlichem #Bothsidesism und #FalseBalance.

Hört endlich auf, populistische Unterhaltung und private Meinungen von Nichtfachleuten als #Journalismus zu verkaufen.

@tagesschau

Sogar bei so einem eindeutigen Thema, dass man mit wissenschaftlichen Fakten und finanziellen Kalkulationen analysieren kann, verstecken sich die Berufs-Feiglinge und Nicht-Journalisten der #Tagesschau lieber hinter dümmlichem #Bothsidesism und #FalseBalance.

Hört endlich auf, populistische Unterhaltung und private Meinungen von Nichtfachleuten als #Journalismus zu verkaufen.

@tagesschau

Sogar bei so einem eindeutigen Thema, dass man mit wissenschaftlichen Fakten und finanziellen Kalkulationen analysieren kann, verstecken sich die Berufs-Feiglinge und Nicht-Journalisten der #Tagesschau lieber hinter dümmlichem #Bothsidesism und #FalseBalance.

Hört endlich auf, populistische Unterhaltung und private Meinungen von Nichtfachleuten als #Journalismus zu verkaufen.

"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

~ NY Times Pitchbot

#Trump #RFKJr #MAGA #vaccines #media #BothSidesism

https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social/post/3mes3zp6yq22f

"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

~ NY Times Pitchbot

#Trump #RFKJr #MAGA #vaccines #media #BothSidesism

https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social/post/3mes3zp6yq22f

"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

~ NY Times Pitchbot

#Trump #RFKJr #MAGA #vaccines #media #BothSidesism

https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social/post/3mes3zp6yq22f

"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

~ NY Times Pitchbot

#Trump #RFKJr #MAGA #vaccines #media #BothSidesism

https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social/post/3mes3zp6yq22f

"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

~ NY Times Pitchbot

#Trump #RFKJr #MAGA #vaccines #media #BothSidesism

https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social/post/3mes3zp6yq22f

"The moment you put someone on screen, you aren’t just hearing them out. You’re granting them legitimacy. You’re telling viewers, even subtly, 'This person’s worldview belongs in the same room as facts.'”

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/4

"The moment you put someone on screen, you aren’t just hearing them out. You’re granting them legitimacy. You’re telling viewers, even subtly, 'This person’s worldview belongs in the same room as facts.'”

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/4

"The moment you put someone on screen, you aren’t just hearing them out. You’re granting them legitimacy. You’re telling viewers, even subtly, 'This person’s worldview belongs in the same room as facts.'”

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/4

"The moment you put someone on screen, you aren’t just hearing them out. You’re granting them legitimacy. You’re telling viewers, even subtly, 'This person’s worldview belongs in the same room as facts.'”

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/4

"The moment you put someone on screen, you aren’t just hearing them out. You’re granting them legitimacy. You’re telling viewers, even subtly, 'This person’s worldview belongs in the same room as facts.'”

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/4

"And it’s keeping professional bad-faith performers on payroll because executives think 'loud and wrong' is compelling television. …

Oxygen journalism depends on one huge lie: that platforming is neutral.

It isn’t."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/3

"And it’s keeping professional bad-faith performers on payroll because executives think 'loud and wrong' is compelling television. …

Oxygen journalism depends on one huge lie: that platforming is neutral.

It isn’t."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/3

"And it’s keeping professional bad-faith performers on payroll because executives think 'loud and wrong' is compelling television. …

Oxygen journalism depends on one huge lie: that platforming is neutral.

It isn’t."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/3

"And it’s keeping professional bad-faith performers on payroll because executives think 'loud and wrong' is compelling television. …

Oxygen journalism depends on one huge lie: that platforming is neutral.

It isn’t."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/3

"And it’s keeping professional bad-faith performers on payroll because executives think 'loud and wrong' is compelling television. …

Oxygen journalism depends on one huge lie: that platforming is neutral.

It isn’t."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/3

"It’s the constant platforming of 'debates' over things we already know—like climate change & vaccine efficacy—as if the only reason the public is confused is because they haven’t heard the 'other side' enough times. It’s treating issues that should never have been up for negotiation in the first place—like the humanity of Black people (my people)—as if they’re just another spicy panel topic."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/2

"It’s the constant platforming of 'debates' over things we already know—like climate change & vaccine efficacy—as if the only reason the public is confused is because they haven’t heard the 'other side' enough times. It’s treating issues that should never have been up for negotiation in the first place—like the humanity of Black people (my people)—as if they’re just another spicy panel topic."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/2

"It’s the constant platforming of 'debates' over things we already know—like climate change & vaccine efficacy—as if the only reason the public is confused is because they haven’t heard the 'other side' enough times. It’s treating issues that should never have been up for negotiation in the first place—like the humanity of Black people (my people)—as if they’re just another spicy panel topic."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/2

"It’s the constant platforming of 'debates' over things we already know—like climate change & vaccine efficacy—as if the only reason the public is confused is because they haven’t heard the 'other side' enough times. It’s treating issues that should never have been up for negotiation in the first place—like the humanity of Black people (my people)—as if they’re just another spicy panel topic."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/2

"It’s the constant platforming of 'debates' over things we already know—like climate change & vaccine efficacy—as if the only reason the public is confused is because they haven’t heard the 'other side' enough times. It’s treating issues that should never have been up for negotiation in the first place—like the humanity of Black people (my people)—as if they’re just another spicy panel topic."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/2

"Oxygen journalism is when corporate media breathes life into narratives that should’ve died on contact with reality. It’s the decision to treat attention like it’s harmless, like it’s just 'coverage,' when in practice it becomes a ventilator for lies, bad faith, and manufactured controversy."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides

"Oxygen journalism is when corporate media breathes life into narratives that should’ve died on contact with reality. It’s the decision to treat attention like it’s harmless, like it’s just 'coverage,' when in practice it becomes a ventilator for lies, bad faith, and manufactured controversy."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides

"Oxygen journalism is when corporate media breathes life into narratives that should’ve died on contact with reality. It’s the decision to treat attention like it’s harmless, like it’s just 'coverage,' when in practice it becomes a ventilator for lies, bad faith, and manufactured controversy."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides

"Oxygen journalism is when corporate media breathes life into narratives that should’ve died on contact with reality. It’s the decision to treat attention like it’s harmless, like it’s just 'coverage,' when in practice it becomes a ventilator for lies, bad faith, and manufactured controversy."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides

"Oxygen journalism is when corporate media breathes life into narratives that should’ve died on contact with reality. It’s the decision to treat attention like it’s harmless, like it’s just 'coverage,' when in practice it becomes a ventilator for lies, bad faith, and manufactured controversy."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides

@NOS jongens, kom op. Niet doen net alsof jullie verbaasd zijn. Het gaat hier om een belofte van de ene oorlogsmisdadiger aan de andere oorlogsmisdadiger.
Gebruik je gezonde verstand weer in plaats van het totaal misplaatste #bothsidesism om journalistieke onafhankelijkheid te veinzen.