Is Biden the “Projected Winner” or “President-Elect”?

Bias / November 10th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Updated 12/15/20 at 8:50 a.m. ET: The Electoral College voted 306-232 for Joe Biden on Dec. 14. We will now refer to Biden as President-elect. Many media outlets, such as CBS , The Hill , and Reuters , have been referring to projected 2020 presidential election winner Joe Biden as the "...
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When the President’s Options Start to Shrink

Recommended Reading / October 7th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

Mark Twain told a story about the cat who sat on a hot stove. “That cat won’t ever sit on a hot stove again,” Twain said. “But he’ll never sit on a cold stove again either.” For the cat writing this column, the 2020 election is the political version of a cold stove. Four years ago,...
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Non-Citizens Influenced the Primaries, Earning Praise from Left Media, Critique from Right

Bias / March 11th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

As the United States enters a chaotic election season, media outlets on the left and right offered very different perspectives on how non-citizen activism might play a role in the 2020 election. Ahead of Super Tuesday, a headline from Breitbart (which AllSides gives a Right media bias...
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