Bias

In the wake of President Joe Biden exiting the presidential race on Sunday, July 21st, there were many allegations of bias regarding how media outlets covered Vice President Kamala Harris’ polling.

Axios came under fire for an article that tied “the Trump campaign and Republicans” to the dubbing of Vice President Kamala Harris as the “border czar.” However, in a 2021 article, Axios itself referred to Harris as the “border czar.”

Many reports from the Associated Press (Lean Left bias) don’t say explicitly that Trump was shot or grazed by a bullet.

Many sources were scrutinized for not saying sooner that Trump was shot.

Media outlets were scrutinized for their initial coverage of the Trump shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, as outlets rated Lean Left by AllSides did not initially use words such as “gunfire,” “shots,” or “shooting,” and media outlets rated Right or Lean Right were qu...

The Biden administration said it formally opposes a Republican-led bill that would require voters to prove their U.S. citizenship in order to vote in federal elections. The statement was covered by a several outlets from the right, but AllSides didn't find coverage from the center or left.

When covering the recent Supreme Court decision that undercut federal agencies’ power to make and enforce policy, media outlets showed bias.

We gave this outlet a gold star for balance.

Numerous studies found Wikipedia has a bias; co-founder Larry Sanger has accused the site of bias.

Introducing the AllSides Bias Checker: The AI-powered tool that spots spin, slant, and other forms of bias to produce a media bias rating for any news article. 

One of the biggest international stories in Western media over the past two months has been the proposed “Foreign Agents” law in the Republic of Georgia. Differently framed coverage of the controversial law from American and international news outlets provides an important lesson in global...

While the New York Post was rated Right in our latest Blind Bias Survey, it was rated Lean Right in a subsequent Editorial Review.

Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, political polarization is surging with catchy phrases and clever terms that may fall furtively under the radar of voters and subject them to pernicious filter bubbles.

We asked 1,313 Americans to tell us what they thought of Newsweek's political bias. Here's what they said.

On April 29, 2024 the New York Post (Lean Right) published this headline: “NYC firefighter, 36, dies of heart attack after being fired to pay for migrants — leaving his family with nothing.” In linking a heart attack death to immigration, the New York Post displays slant.

Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial were asked: “What are your main sources of news and commentary?” as part of a 42-question juror questionnaire, which the lawyers used to help determine how a juror may rule in the case.

In recent weeks, Fox News (Right bias) has adopted a unique name for those publicly protesting Israel’s military activities in Gaza — “anti-Israel agitators.”

The Associated Press Stylebook recently showed left-leaning media bias.

On March 29, President Biden issued a “Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility,” which has fallen on March 31 every year since 2009 and Biden has recognized since 2021. Conservative news outlets and commentators tended to put a negative spin on the news, displaying sensationalism, op...

The New York Times published a video in its Opinion section that described the American “deep state” as “kind of awesome.” Several media outlets and pundits criticized the Times for its framing of what the “deep state” actually is, and the publication’s track record of writing about it in...