Bias

You may have already prepared yourself for any potentially uncomfortable holiday conversations by reading our 5 tips for handling political conversations at Thanksgiving din

We often think of Thanksgiving as a time when we relax with family and friends, stuff ourselves silly — and maybe apologize for burning the casserole. But aside from all the revelry, Thanksgiving can also bring uncomfortable political conversations.

A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must

An extensive report by AllSides reveals Google News is biased against conservatives, but there is no evidence that Google News bias is intentionally rigged.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Town Line newspaper.

AllSides Media Bias Ratings are fluid and subject to change as media outlets evolve over time or we acquire new information. This is why the AllSides team recently decided to review a number of media outlets in our quest to provide unbiased news.

Differences in the way liberals and conservatives view appropriate speech affects what we see online — and can lead to silencing.

For as long as I can remember, I have had an innate love for two things (amongst many others, of course): genuine dialogue and compulsively checking my email.

On Sunday, AllSides posted a headline roundup titled, "Facebook Apologizes After PragerU Says the Social Media Site "Heavily Censored" Its Videos." You may have noticed the headline roundup did not include any Left or Center media outlets:  

AllSides is continually evaluating media bias as our media landscape grows. We frequently add news sources to the site to help you get the most reliable data on media bias.

Republicans are wrong about Democrats. Democrats are wrong about Republicans.  It turns out that Americans are not so good at determining how many people with certain characteristics belong to either of the major political parties.

Unbiased news: is it even possible?

Read Parts II, III and IV

How can you vote for Trump with his hateful speech? How can you vote for Clinton with all her scandals? How can you vote for Sanders with no chance to win? And how can you be enthusiastic about it?

Yesterday, I was reviewing our front page here at AllSides.

Few people believe Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have much in common. But while Sanders and Trump may be polar opposites in some respects, they’re alike in some very fundamental ways. And their popularity is driven by some of the very same reasons.

What does freedom mean to you? Do you think we should be free to speak our minds, or do you think we should we be free from hearing opinions that insult our beliefs?

There are two sides to every story. If we only consider the story from one point of view, are we truly thinking for ourselves, or simply being told what to think?

As I sat through orientation for jury duty the morning of January 5, the irony did not escape me.