False balance
Subject in News Commentary
False balance has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Bryant says many people blame the doctrine for helping jumpstart movements like climate denial and anti-vaccine activism by presenting them without scientific context.
“a lot of people point to the fairness doctrine as like how these movements got jumpstarted to begin with because they didn't put those opinions in context”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked (Jun 13, 2026) · Listen from 33:09
Podcasts
- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine WorkedStuff You Should Know · Jun 13, 2026 · 53 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant trace the history of the FCC's Fairness Doctrine, from early radio regulation to its 1987 abandonment and debated legacy.