both-sides

English

Verb

both-sides (third-person singular simple present both-sideses, present participle both-sidesing, simple past and past participle both-sidesed)

1. (derogatory) To engage in bothsidesism, to treat a policy debate or controversy as a conflict between two equally valid (or equally dangerous, etc) viewpoints.
   • 2019, Deember 30, Greg Sargent, "Explosive New Revelations Just Weakened Trump's Impeachment Defense", The Washington Post Plum Line blog.

     "McConnell badly needs the media's both-sidesing instincts to hold firm against the brute facts of the situation."

   • 2020, February 4, "Lisa Murkowski Sick of All the Corruption, Will Vote to Let It Continue", Wonkette.

     "Once she'd adequately both-sidesed Congress and Tump, she fell back to more comfortable Republican talking points […] "

   • 2022 November 2, Arwa Mahdawi, “Jokes about Paul Pelosi aren’t just in bad taste. They normalize political violence”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It’s certainly true that there are unhinged people across the political spectrum and politicians from both sides have been targeted for violence. However, “both-sidesing” this issue is dangerously dishonest.