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davidwtoday at 4:40 AM1 replyview on HN

This explains the problem with it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance

It's fine if you're talking about something where there are a broad spectrum of fairly reasonable policy positions. It's not fine when you have a TV segment that's like "here's Christina, an astrophysicist from Stanford, explaining how we measure the circumference of the earth, and up next we'll have Bob from the flat earth society"


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andsoitistoday at 6:33 AM

What’s ann equivalent example that you think The Ecobomist has done?