both sides
All involved parties
Both sides refers to the two parties, perspectives, or factions in a dispute, debate, or conflict: Both sides agreed to a ceasefire, I've heard both sides of the argument.
The phrase often appears in calls for balance or fairness, though both sides framing can falsely equate positions of unequal merit: The "both sides" coverage gave equal weight to scientists and conspiracy theorists.
- bilateralInvolving two parties
- opposingStanding against something
- mutualShared between parties
- debateFormal argument on issues
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
compromise · common ground · negotiation · peace talks · fence · on the fence · balance · symmetry · middle ground · divide · split · middle · mediation · conflict · agreement · coin · mirror · spectrum
- propagandapropaganda, brainwashing, disinformation, misinformation, indoctrination
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
- Noncommittalneutral, undecided, on the fence, noncommittal, indifferent
- press ethicsjournalistic ethics, journalistic integrity, ethical journalism, editorial standards, ethical standards
- cyber conflictstrolling, cyberbullying, flame war, online harassment, doxing
- internet culturememes, meme, trolling, influencers, content creators