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How AP Stylebook Shows Bias in Climate Change, Climate Crisis Guidance

Bias / April 17th, 2024 / By Julie Mastrine

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

Climate Change, AP Bias, AllSides Media Bias Chart, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, Media Bias Alert, Bias Ratings

AP Edits Article On Former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s Resignation Following Bias Accusations

Bias / January 5th, 2024 / By Julie Mastrine

The Associated Press significantly edited an article about former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s resignation on Wednesday after the original piece was accused of media bias.

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Associated Press Rated Lean Left in AllSides Blind Bias Survey

Bias / June 20th, 2023 / By AllSides Staff

Associated Press’ AllSides Media Bias Rating™ was confirmed as Lean Left in our May 2023 Blind Bias Survey . On a scale of -9 to +9 with 0 representing Center, respondents on average rated AP as -1.30, which is in the Lean Left category. Respondents who rated their own bias as Lean Left,...

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AP Stylebook Accused of Bias for Deeming Term 'the French' as 'Dehumanizing'

Bias / January 27th, 2023 / By Julie Mastrine

Twitter users poked fun at AP — and some accused them of bias — for its guidance around using the article “the” for certain groups of people.

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Did the FBI “Raid” or “Search” Mar-a-Lago? Major News Sources Show Inconsistency

Bias / August 22nd, 2022 / By Henry A. Brechter

How someone feels personally about the FBI's trip to Mar-a-Lago may influence which words they choose to use to describe it.

Media Bias, Mar-A-Lago Raid, Donald Trump, Justice, FBI, Media Industry, Wall Street Journal, AP Bias

Media Bias Alert: AP Omits Other Side in Transgender Style Guidelines

Bias / July 27th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

The Associated Press' new Stylebook guidelines on transgender issues show numerous types of media bias.

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Media Bias Alert: NPR, AP, CBS Criticized for Description of Shinzo Abe

Bias / July 8th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

Using charged descriptors can signal bias and be fraught with disagreement on the left and right.

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Media Bias Alert: AP and Reuters’ Fact Checks on “Mass Formation Psychosis”

Bias / January 12th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

Two recent fact checks by the Associated Press and Reuters about “mass formation psychosis” led to charges of bias.

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How Readers Rated the Media Bias of AP, BBC and The Epoch Times, and More

Bias / November 23rd, 2020 / By Rick Wytmar

In September, we released the findings of our August 2020 Blind Bias Survey , in which over 2,000 people across the political spectrum rated the media bias of five different news outlets blindly, seeing only their content and story choice but not the name of the news publication. Below...

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AllSides Moves AP Politics to Lean Left

Bias / September 9th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

After months of research and analysis, including blind bias surveys conducted with nearly 4,000 people across the political spectrum as well as AllSides editorial reviews , AllSides found Associated Press news coverage of US politics has a Lean Left bias. AllSides now rates AP’s Politics...

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Transparency Troubles: How the Associated Press Mixes News and Subjectivity

News / September 1st, 2020 / By Micaela Ricaforte

When an article is clearly labeled as “news” or “opinion,” do you read it with that in mind? People coming to a site or clicking on a link expecting hard news are sometimes met with subjective analyses and opinionated angles, and content is not properly labeled. AllSides has found even...

Media Bias, AP Bias, Media Industry, News Literacy

Updated Media Bias Ratings: Associated Press and AP Fact Check

Bias / April 24th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

The Associated Press media bias remains one of the trickiest for AllSides to determine. We have long rated AP media bias as Center ; however, the results of our February 2020 blind bias survey showed participants from across the political spectrum on average believe AP bias is Lean Left...

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Updated Media Bias Ratings: AP, The Hill, NPR, Washington Examiner, Washington Post

Bias / April 22nd, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides has rated the bias of over 600 media outlets , which are fluid and subject to change. We recently conducted a blind bias survey to review the bias of the Associated Press , The Hill , NPR online news , Washington Examiner , and Washington Post . For this blind bias survey, we...

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Updated Media Bias Ratings: AP, NPR, Epoch Times, Yahoo! News, BuzzFeed, AJ+

Bias / September 25th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides has rated the bias of nearly 600 media outlets, and our media bias ratings are fluid and subject to change as outlets change over time or more information is gathered. We recently conducted reviews on a number of popular media outlets to ensure our bias ratings are up to date:...

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Updated Media Bias Ratings: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vox, and more

Bias / October 8th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

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

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