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Inside AllSides: Is it Fair to Compare the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot and the Summer 2020 Riots?

Recommended Reading / August 2nd, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

The divide over which riots mattered more was evidenced by a recent discussion between two AllSides team members.

January 6 Committee, Capitol Chaos, Black Lives Matter, Violence In America, Hypocrisy, George Floyd Protests, Race And Racism, Justice, Culture War, Inside AllSides

Media Bias Alert: Stories About Lockdown Study, Black Lives Matter Omitted By Left and Center Media

Bias / February 4th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

A story about Black Lives Matter and a study that questioned efficacy of lockdowns was omitted by left and center media outlets.

Media Bias, Anti-Lockdown Protesters, Coronavirus Lockdowns, Lockdowns, Media Bias By Omission, Bias, Black Lives Matter

Media Bias Alert: How Left and Right Media are Covering the Rittenhouse Trial

Bias / November 11th, 2021 / By Henry A. Brechter

The emotional trial has been covered heavily by media across the spectrum, but the narratives often differ.

Media Bias, Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse, Violence In America, Justice, Black Lives Matter, Gun Control And Gun Rights

Odd Couples: Pro-Trump Rally + BLM Protest

Recommended Reading / May 18th, 2021 / By Respect + Rebellion

Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com. “If we really want America great, we do it together.” -- Black Lives Matters leader, after having been invited onstage at a conservative rally. ”Hawk Newsome stood defiantly with his...

Bridging Divides, Odd Couples, Polarization, Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter

Story of the Week: Minnesota Officer Charged With Manslaughter After Fatal Police Shooting Sparks Protests

News / April 15th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. As the trial of George Floyd's alleged killer continues in Minneapolis, demonstrations and unrest broke out just miles away in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after another black man, 20-year-old Daunte Wright, was...

Daunte Wright, Black Lives Matter, Police Shootings, Violence In America, George Floyd Protests

President Trump and Black America

News / September 2nd, 2020 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared as a Braver Angels newsletter. In the last several days the United States of America has again witnessed a law enforcement shooting of a Black man that has again triggered, in turn, dramatic unrest in American cities. We have seen political...

Black Lives Matter, Podcast, Kenosha Shootings, President Trump, Braver Angels

Media Bias by Omission: 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant Shot and Killed in His Front Yard

Bias / August 13th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Numerous conservative commentators took to Twitter this week accusing the national press of media bias by omission when it comes to the death of Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the head by a man in North Carolina. The boy is white, the alleged killer is black. Local news...

Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, Race And Racism, Black Lives Matter, Bias, Systemic Racism

Braver Angels Podcast: Conservative Leader Meets Black Lives Matter Leader

Bias / July 14th, 2020 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Braver Angels 2020 brings you a conversation like few others. Bob Woodson and Hawk Newsome are among the most important voices in black America today, but their politics couldn't be any more different on the surface. Hawk Newsome is the chairman and former president of Black Lives Matter...

Conservative, Black Lives Matter, Leftism, Liberal, Podcast, Braver Angels

Media Bias Alert: Reporting Differs in Incident with St. Louis Couple, Protesters

Bias / July 1st, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Media bias occurred over the weekend after a viral video showed a St. Louis couple displaying guns in front of their house on Sunday and telling Black Lives Matter protesters to leave their private street. Protesters had entered a gate to march toward the mayor’s house to hold a...

St. Louis, Black Lives Matter, Protests, Protesters, Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, Conservative Media

Media Bias Alert: NPR Comes Clean About Fake News — Almost

Bias / June 22nd, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

An AllSides reader recently wrote in to point out an apparent case of media bias by NPR online news , which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Center (though close to Lean Left ). In a now-deleted tweet, NPR ran the headline: “Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with...

Media Bias, Media Bias Ratings, NPR, George Floyd Protests, Black Lives Matter, Violence In America

Black Lives

Recommended Reading / June 11th, 2020 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Braver Angels . This past December, before the world changed but at a moment when most of the problems that led us here were in full view, I was invited to speak at an event organized by Bishop Omar Jawar of Dallas, Texas, in front of the...

Black Lives Matter, Political Polarization, Braver Angels

Battle of the Hashtags: #BlackLivesMatter or #DefundThePolice?

News / June 10th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

What a difference a hashtag makes. When Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had the phrase “Black Lives Matter” painted in immense letters on a city street directly adjacent to White House last week, she drew a stark line between President Trump and the protestors who had populated that...

Black Lives Matter, Criminal Justice, Police Reform, Violence In America

Black Lives, Blue Lives Part IV: Resolutions

Recommended Reading / September 27th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

The issue of police brutality doesn’t have to be a subject that divides us. As discussed in parts I , II and III of this four-part series, we don’t have to choose between supporting police officers and defending abused minorities. Not only is it possible to talk about police brutality...

Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, Civil Rights/Race, Race, Police

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

Recommended Reading / September 22nd, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

As discussed in Part I and Part II of this series, police brutality and racism have people drawing sides. Often the sources from which we choose to gather information, whether it’s the media or our community, comes with a bias that prevents us from seeing the big picture. Many of us tend...

Black Lives Matter, Police

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

News / August 10th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Police racism and brutality are topics that have people drawing sides. Part I of this series describes how many of us tend to focus on one aspect of the problem without considering, or sometimes even hearing, opposing points. Often the information we gather, whether from the media or from...

News, Blue Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Missing Perspectives

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