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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...

Google Bias, Google News Bias, Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Google, Report, Media Bias, Media Watch - Media Bias, Media Watch/Media Bias

Deepfake: When You Can't Believe Your Eyes

Bias / October 15th, 2018 / By Eric W. Austin

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Town Line newspaper . Fake news. Fake videos. Fake photos. The way things are heading, the 21st century is likely to be known as the Fake Century, and it’s only going to get worse from here. About a year ago, I came across a short BBC...

Bias, Media, Media Bias, Polarization, Political Polarization, Hyper-Partisanship, Partisanship

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...

Bias, Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Conservatives, Social Media, Technology Companies, Technology, Facebook, YouTube, Justice Department, Free Speech

Fact Check: Is Trump's Star Being Removed from the Walk of Fame?

News / August 7th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Is Donald Trump's star being removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Judging from many of today's headlines, you would think so. But any media consumers who read only the headlines might be misled. Take a look at the following headlines. You would think that Trump's star is being removed...

Donald Trump, Hollywood, Bias, Media Bias, Facts And Fact Checking

INFOGRAPHIC: How Political Bias Fools Us

Bias / June 29th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Republicans are wrong about Democrats. Democrats are wrong about Republicans. It turns out that Americans are not so good at determining how many people with certain characteristics belong to either of the major political parties. A study by scholars Douglas Ahler and Gaurav Sood that was...

Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Political Bias, Democrat Party, Republican Party, Democrats, Republicans

Unbiased News or a Balanced News Diet - What Do We Really Want?

Bias / September 15th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Unbiased news: is it even possible?

Media Bias, News, AllSides, Bias

Twitter’s New Safety Tools: What do you think?

Recommended Reading / June 5th, 2017 / By Jaymee Copenhaver

Yesterday, I opened the Twitter app on my phone and noticed a message at the top of the screen encouraging me to check out Twitter’s new “safety tools.” When I clicked on the link, it took me to a page headlined, “You’re in control with our new safety tools,” outlining new ways for users...

Twitter, Filter Bubbles, Bias, Your Sides

Black Lives, Blue Lives: Truth on Both Sides, Part I

Bias / August 1st, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Read Parts II , III and IV Lately the media has seemed inundated with reports of alleged police brutality. Now, the recent murders of policemen in Dallas and Baton Rouge add another wrinkle to this grave issue. Demonstrations against police racism vie against rallies to support slain...

Police, Police Brutality, Violence In America, Bias, Missing Perspectives

Trump and Sanders- More Alike than Different

Bias / March 9th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Few people believe Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have much in common. But while Sanders and Trump may be polar opposites in some respects, they’re alike in some very fundamental ways. And their popularity is driven by some of the very same reasons. Congress' job approval rating is 16...

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Election: Presidential, Bias, Missing Perspectives

Tolerating Opposing Voices Will Keep Our Spaces Safe

Bias / February 22nd, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

What does freedom mean to you? Do you think we should be free to speak our minds, or do you think we should we be free from hearing opinions that insult our beliefs? Are you willing to give up the right to express yourself if others find your thoughts offensive? In a satirical short video...

Bias, Freedom, First Amendment, Free Speech, Missing Perspectives

Menace or Victim? Depends Who You Ask

Bias / February 1st, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

There are two sides to every story. If we only consider the story from one point of view, are we truly thinking for ourselves, or simply being told what to think? “We tend to choose up sides very quickly…All the liberals line up on one side and all the conservatives line up on the other...

Bias, Missing Perspectives

Executive Orders: The Ultimate Non-Jury Verdict

Bias / January 19th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

As I sat through orientation for jury duty the morning of January 5, the irony did not escape me. The jury clerk thanked us prospective jurors, underscoring that we’d been summoned away from our jobs and responsibilities for good cause. “Imagine if we had no juries, and every court...

Bias, Executive Order, Missing Perspectives

Holiday Table Conversations

Bias / November 25th, 2015 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Happy Thanksgiving from AllSides! Every year around this time, we think about how holiday gatherings sometimes devolve into bitter arguments about political matters, and that's not what we want to see in the world. We're about seeing all sides through thoughtful consideration and lively,...

Thanksgiving, Holidays, Bias

Two Reasons We Have Limited Options for President

Bias / October 6th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

What happens when our political party veers from our beliefs? Unfortunately, the way our political system operates, we’re left with few options, which is a problem for both Democrats and Republicans. Whether you admire John Boehner or are glad he’s gone, t he House Majority leader’s...

Bias, Election: Presidential, Election, Missing Perspectives

Why do we tolerate inadequate choices?

Bias / September 29th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Why do Americans tolerate limited political choices? America is a vast and varied nation. We’re composed of 320 million people who represent nearly every ethnicity and civilization in the world. With nearly 4 million square miles, the U.S. is an eclectic collection of diverse regions,...

Election, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Bias, Missing Perspectives

Guess what? Left and Right are not our only political options

Bias / September 10th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

In the United States we’re given a conservative vs. liberal choice that’s supposed to make up the entire range of political opinion. The problem is, it doesn’t. As a result, Americans are funneled into a one-dimensional track that eliminates a whole spectrum of thought. One of the aims of...

Bias, Liberals, Conservatives, Missing Perspectives

Why is Washington in debt? A non-partisan explanation

Bias / August 18th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Few Americans think partisan bias affects their own reasoning. Yet many of us jump to prejudiced assumptions without even realizing it. Biased reasoning can sidetrack us or cause us to make illogical leaps that don’t actually support our premise. Take the federal deficit for example...

Washington DC, Bias, Budget/Debt, Debt Reduction, Debt, Missing Perspectives

Does Truth Take a Back Seat in the Media?

Bias / August 4th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Trust in mass media is at an all-time low . According to a recent Gallup study, only 40% of today’s Americans believe that the news is reported “fully, accurately, and fairly” by the media. Many recognize that instead of seeking balance, the media’s goal is often to construe stories that...

Media Watch/Media Bias, Media, Bias, Missing Perspectives

Brigade: Civil Dialogue or More Tribalism

Bias / July 30th, 2015 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Brigade makes it easy to jump in the pool of political engagement, but the pool is full of muck. Let's clean it up! What is Brigade? It is a new mobile app from Napster co-founder Sean Parker "that’s meant to quickly get regular people engaged in articulating and debating political...

Bias, Polarization, Startups & Technology

Should We Occupy Wall St. or Washington

Bias / July 28th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Do America’s problems stem from big government or big business? Nearly all of us can agree that things are awry in America. Yet defining what’s gone wrong has resulted in finger-pointing and a clash of ideologies. One point of view comes from Occupy Wall Street. This Liberal-leaning group...

Political Polarization, Bias, Big Government, Wall Street, Missing Perspectives

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