Media Matters has a postlooking at the Daily Caller's coverage of Cyclone Pam, which devastated Vanuatu. Many in the deniersphere were enraged when Vanuatu's president connected the devastation to climate change, and the Daily Caller sought to hit back with an article repudiating the climate link.
Within the Daily Caller article, though, the scientists quoted said the exact opposite. Although they didn't directly attribute Cyclone Pam to climate change (because you never can), they did say that climate change made it worse. In a rare occurrence, DC showed a shred of journalistic credibility by actually quoting real experts. Multiple scientists point out the climate connections, mentioning the important detail that sea level rise, which had "no doubt been influenced" by climate change, fueled the 26 foot storm surge.
In journalism, traditionally, false balance is when reporters include an opposing view where it isn't warranted, casting doubt on something true for the sake of the journalistic norm of presenting two sides to every story. But in deniersphere publications like the Daily Caller, that same phenomenon (including an opposing viewpoint for balance) introduces truth into the story that is otherwise false. So in this case, the false balance isn't false at all, but a sorely needed fact check on the reporter/outlet's own bias.
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