1st Amendment Blog Posts
Proposal #6: Ye Olde First Amendment
Recommended Reading / December 4th, 2024 / by David A. Foster

Today we rely upon a for-profit media system that’s desperate for eyeballs, we have social media and extreme polarization, and we are drowning in cheap speech.
See moreMedia Bias Alert: Center and Left Media Outlets Ignore GOP Report on Federal Government’s 2020 ‘Censorship’ Efforts
Bias / November 9th, 2023 / by Andy Gorel

This week, center and left-rated media outlets showed story choice bias by omission in their lack of coverage on a GOP-led Congressional committee report that claims government agencies, think tanks,...
See moreSupreme Court Ends Session With Four Major Rulings
Story of the Week / July 6th, 2023 / by AllSides Staff

The Supreme Court wrapped up its session last week, but not before handing down rulings on election laws, Biden's student loan forgiveness program, First Amendment protections, and affirmative action.
See moreMisinformation Watch: Book Bans in the United States
Misinformation Watch / May 26th, 2023 / by Andy Gorel

Book restrictions have been a widely covered topic by outlets across the spectrum for quite some time now. However, coverage often tends to imply differently what a "book ban" really is, who's respons...
See moreJoe Rogan and Whoopi Goldberg: Censorship, Misinformation Controversies Hit Both Sides
Story of the Week / February 3rd, 2022 / by AllSides Staff

Two media personalities sparked significant criticism this week for comments and content about hot-button issues.
See moreProject Veritas and the mainstream media: Strange allies in the fight to protect press freedom
Recommended Reading / December 2nd, 2021 / by "The Conversation" Contributor

An FBI raid on Project Veritas leader James O'Keefe’s home in early November 2021 has sparked an unusual demonstration of support from the very establishment media that O'Keefe has spent his career ta...
See moreOne Practical Step To Combatting Social Media's Problems
Recommended Reading / October 7th, 2021 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The government can update Section 230(c)(1) so that social media companies like Facebook no longer get special protection for content that they moderate, but can be held accountable.
See moreStory of the Week: Twitter and Trump Clash After Company Adds Warning Tag to His Tweets
Story of the Week / May 28th, 2020 / by Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump and Twitter are feuding over the president's tweets and the social media platform's vetting of them....
See moreProject Veritas, CNN and the Ethics of Undercover Reporting
Bias / October 17th, 2019 / by Henry A. Brechter

On Monday, Project Veritas, a right-wing activist group that seeks to uncover media bias, began releasing videos that claim to reveal a paramount anti-Donald Trump bias within CNN. Videos present unde...
See moreLeave Comedy Alone
Recommended Reading / October 7th, 2019 / by Henry A. Brechter

Comedy’s recent return to the national spotlight — with new Netflix specials from Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr, and the oops-on-second-thought firing of recently-hired Saturday Night Live cast member...
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