Note by Brian Klaas on Substack: "I temporarily removed the paywall from this piece because it is maddening how stupid much of the debate around the NPR piece has become. Most of it completely misses the point. In an asymmetric reality, “balanced” reporting is deception."

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I temporarily removed the paywall from this piece because it is maddening how stupid much of the debate around the NPR piece has become. Most of it completely misses the point. In an asymmetric reality, “balanced” reporting is deception.

The Garden of Forking Paths

Why We Need Press Objectivity, Not Balance

When the news is "balanced" in an unbalanced world, it becomes an instrument of deception. This has made producing the news extremely difficult in an era of mass delusions and hyper-polarization.

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