Media Bias Alert: Media Ignores Coronavirus Death Rates to Attack Governors

Bias / March 31st, 2020 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Even in this time of crisis and death, some in the news media launched partisan attacks on Republican governors regardless of actual data, including how many people have died. We see this in the media all the time: journalists often cherry-pick commentary and data to support the side they...
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Media Bias, CNN, Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Liberal Media

Audit: Google Heavily Favors CNN and Left Media in Mass Shooting Coverage

Bias / August 7th, 2019 / By AllSides Staff

RESEARCH REPORT The days following two tragic mass shootings in Dayton, OH and El Paso, TX were extremely active for newsrooms nationwide. But readers who used Google to learn about the shootings may have seen an overwhelming majority of news from left-leaning media sources — CNN, the New...
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Media Bias, Google Bias, Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Google, Mass Shooting, Mass Shootings

What Queer Eye Can Teach Us About Bridging Divides

Bias / July 22nd, 2019 / By Samantha Shireman

“If you voted for Trump, unfollow me.” Most of us are familiar with this sentiment. It is common for people to not want to be associated with those whose values and opinions they deem dangerous or hateful. Tuning out voices we disagree with is not a practice unique to the Left, but as a...
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Bridging Divides, Bridging America's Divide, Television, Progressives, Progressivism, Bias Against Conservatives, Arts And Entertainment

Media Bias Revealed in Coverage of Violent Portland Rally

Bias / July 2nd, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Media reports surrounding a Portland rally in which the presence of far-right and far-left groups resulted in violence — including the beating of a journalist — have much to reveal about media bias. A video Oregonian reporter Jim Ryan posted to Twitter during the demonstration on Saturday...
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Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Bias, Antifa, Portland, Andy Ngo, Violence, Polarization

Project Veritas Story on Google Bias Reveals Left/Right Divide

Bias / June 25th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

This morning, YouTube, which is owned by Google, removed a video created by Project Veritas, a nonprofit founded by conservative James O’Keefe that is dedicated to exposing corruption. The video showed undercover footage of Google executive Jen Gennai discussing the tech giant’s search...
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Google Bias, Bias, Google News Bias, Google, Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Fake News

Easter Worshippers or Christians? Obama, Clinton and Other Democrats Accused of Bias

Bias / April 23rd, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

In the aftermath of the horrific Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed 321 Christians and others who were observing the holiday and wounded 500 others, some commentators and media figures criticized statements from prominent Democrats as being biased (subconsciously or not)...
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Christian, Faith And Religion, Christians, Sri Lanka, Democrats, Bias Against Conservatives, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism

Is Gillette’s New Ad Biased Against Men, or Championing Needed Social Change?

Bias / January 17th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

The new Gillette razor ad, titled “ We Believe: The Best Men Can Be ” has sparked intense debate over its perceived bias . Some are decrying the advertisement as being biased against men, while others are applauding the company’s efforts to affect social change. And of course, some...
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Media Bias, Advertising, Corporations, Toxic Masculinity, Feminism, Men's Issues, Bias Against Conservatives, Bias, Culture, Culture War, MeToo, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Harassment, Bullying

Prominent Patreon Creators Leave Site Over Political Bias. Should Big Tech Uphold Free Speech?

Bias / December 18th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Editor's Note: On Jan. 1, Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin announced they will officially leave Patreon on Jan. 15. After popular crowdfunding site Patreon banned a number of accounts this month, other account holders — particularly, those who use their funds to explore controversial ideas...
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Bias, Technology, US Technology, Media Bias, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Bias Against Conservatives, Free Speech, Freedom

Google News is Heavily Biased — But It May Not Be Rigged

Bias / October 23rd, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

An extensive report by AllSides reveals Google News is biased against conservatives, but there is no evidence that Google News bias is intentionally rigged. AllSides’ 39-page Google News Bias research report reveals Google news bias is heavily Left-leaning. AllSides found Google News is...
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Google Bias, Google News Bias, Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Google, Report, Media Bias, Media Watch - Media Bias, Media Watch/Media Bias

Tech Companies May Be Stifling Conservative Speech. Can They Change?

Bias / September 26th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Differences in the way liberals and conservatives view appropriate speech affects what we see online — and can lead to silencing. The Department of Justice and state attorneys general met Tuesday to discuss whether social media companies are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of...
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Bias, Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Conservatives, Social Media, Technology Companies, Technology, Facebook, YouTube, Justice Department, Free Speech