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balance as bias: a standalone construct

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Journalism studies

distortion created when journalists give equal weight to opposing views even though the evidence strongly favors one.

In journalism studies, balance as bias refers to distortion created when journalists give equal weight to opposing views even though the evidence strongly favors one. This meaning comes from Boykoff (2004) in Global Environmental Change.[1]

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References

Boykoff, M. T., & Boykoff, J. M. (2004). Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press. Global Environmental Change, 14(2), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.001

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