Perspectives Blog

Our latest blind bias survey (thank you everyone who participated - you can take our new bias survey here ) measured the bias of several different news sources and changed our official AllSides Bias Rating for a few of them. Here are the new ratings: The Wall Street Journal (news page...

Because the media paints our culture's view of what is true, it influences policy on everything from waging war to feeding our kids. That’s why we like to see thoughtful critiques on how the media works, from all sides of the political spectrum . You may be interested in a couple of...

With "hot political potato" stories like President Obama's inauguration speech and Hillary Clinton’s testimony at the Benghazi hearings, the contrast in coverage was even more pronounced than usual this week. Here are our top contrast picks for these two big stories: Benghazi stories From...

As 2012 comes to a close, some media watchdogs on the right and left have been announcing awards, but these are not the kinds of awards you want to win. Award from the Right On the right, media watchdog Media Research Center has a whole page of awards. Here's a highlight: MRC's "Never Let...

The political polarization of Americans is reaching new heights, and the Internet is making it worse. How did we end up so divided and is there anything we can do about it? Polarization has been exacerbated by what I call the “Internet brain”. It goes beyond a mere fad--it's more...

Looking at the Presidential endorsements of the top 100 newspapers , we see that they generally stuck with their reputation, but there were a few changes and surprises. Update : Since originally writing this blog, 13 more endorsements have been made. I've updated the numbers below, but...

In the last presidential debate before the election, “the candidates again contradicted each other, while each offered incorrect or twisted factual claims,” according to FactCheck.org. And, once again, headlines from different sources made each candidate look like a winner or loser,...

Energy policy, gas prices, women, Libya, taxes, and jobs: these are tricky topics from last night’s presidential debate that continue to be debated by all sides of the media today. In fact, there is even a bit of debate over who won. See what you think. We'll start with news from the Left...

There is a constant onslaught of polling data every day from the 24 hours news cycle. It is overwhelming. And ridiculous. Poll results are very different depending on the source . Above is an overview of how the electoral maps look now, showing the AllSides Bias Rating (ABR) by each. Not...