2 Sides to Every Truth?

Tech expresses his frustration with the whole concept of “fair and balanced” reporting, telling Raw Story that facts don’t always have another side to them nor should two sides always be portrayed as equally balanced and equally legitimate.

“What if there is no other side of it?” he asks. “That is not enough for [the media]. They feel that they are supposed to present two sides of a story, which is great most of the time, or should be most of the time. But when it comes to the balance of those two sides, they take great care in making them equally balanced when they are not always equally balanced or even equally true. They give credence and legitimacy to ideas that deserve no legitimacy.”

~Immortal Technique Interview by Larissa Alexandrovna of Raw Story

What do you think? Are there two sides to every fact/truth or are certain things infallibly true?

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angelisajosalisa answered: No, sometimes a fact can be laid down without a fair, or balanced side. Because most things are not ever going to be fair, or balanced.
newyorkish answered: i say there’s three sides to a story, 2 perspectives & of course, 1 truth.
rawenergy answered: i think some things are.
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