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Media Bias Alert: Left, Right Media Differ in Coverage of Democrats Arrested at Abortion Protest

Bias / July 20th, 2022 / By Henry A. Brechter

After more than a dozen House Democrats were arrested at a pro-choice protest on Tuesday, left and right media highlighted or minimized very different aspects of the story based on their own biases.

Abortion, Abortion Rights, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Capitol Police, Media Bias, Nationwide Protests

Media Bias Alert: Snopes “Fact Checks” a Subjective Opinion on AOC

Bias / February 4th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

From the Right This piece is from a writer rated Lean Right. Snopes today offered a clear example of how fact check outlets can be biased when it attempted to “fact check" the opinion that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exaggerated the danger she was in during the Capitol Hill storming, which...

Media Bias, Snopes, Liberal Media Bias, Facts And Fact Checking, Bias, AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

When AOC Looks Like a Moderate

News / July 28th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

Our daughter, who is young, multi-ethnic and fiercely progressive, has been an ardent fan of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the beginning. I have not. But I am an older white man who shares those demographic characteristics with 44-and-a-half of our nation’s 45 presidents, and I admit that...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Polarization, Culture

Story of the Week: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Proposes 70 Percent Marginal Tax Rate: Too Much or Just Right?

Story of the Week / January 17th, 2019 / By AllSides Staff

In an interview with Anderson Cooper, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed a marginal tax rate of 70 percent on all earnings over $10 million to finance a "green new deal." Some have criticized the new lawmaker's economic policy as ineffective and have accused her of taking too drastic...

Taxes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Climate Change, Green New Deal, Story Of The Week, News

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