Coronavirus Blog Posts
Misinformation Watch: Did COVID-19 Leak From a Chinese Lab?
Misinformation Watch / April 25th, 2025 / by Henry A. Brechter

Almost immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic began, people speculated about how it started. Most of this focused on China, where the pandemic began, and specifically on the city of Wuhan.
See moreMisinformation Watch: Did Fauci Say He ‘Made Up’ Social Distancing?
Misinformation Watch / June 4th, 2024 / by Johnathon Held

The Daily Mail published an article with a headline stating that Dr. Anthony Fauci “confessed” to “making up” COVID-19 social distancing rules. Is this true?
See moreThe Top Misinformation of 2023
Misinformation Watch / December 28th, 2023 / by Henry A. Brechter

2023 leaves many unanswered questions. However, it’s not always as simple as real versus fake or true versus false.
See moreMedia Bias Alert: Media Across Spectrum Show Negativity Bias Toward U.S. Test Scores
Bias / December 9th, 2023 / by Andy Gorel

Statistics released this week showed students across the developed world struggling with math, including American students, who achieved an all-time low average score. Many mainstream media outlets ac...
See moreMisinformation Watch: Is Ivermectin Snake Oil or a Miracle Drug?
Misinformation Watch / October 22nd, 2023 / by Ethan Horowitz

In this Misinformation Watch, we lay out the facts and fiction surrounding Ivermectin, a controversial treatment for Coronavirus.
See moreThis Week in Fact Checking: HBCUs, Hunter Biden, Ron DeSantis
Fact Check / August 3rd, 2023 / by Andy Gorel

Notable fact checking coverage across the spectrum this week delved into claims about Florida's COVID-19 response, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hunter Biden's business dealings.
See moreWhy We Disagree on “Truth” in 2023 and How We Can Change That
Recommended Reading / March 25th, 2023 / by Jessica Carpenter

In 2023, it’s not enough to just politicize ideas, people and identities. No, the newest frontier that politicization has seeped into is, in my opinion, far scarier, and it serves as the foundation fr...
See moreMedia Bias Alert: Spotify’s COVID-19 Hub Includes No Sources From the Right
Bias / March 7th, 2023 / by Clare Ashcraft

In January 2022, Spotify created a hub for COVID-19 information in response to controversy around Joe Rogan’s podcast. AllSides found that Spotify’s COVID-19 information hub omits sources on the right...
See moreLab Leak Theory Returns After DOE Report
Story of the Week / March 4th, 2023 / by AllSides Staff

New intelligence has led the Department of Energy (DOE) to shift its stance on COVID-19's origins and support the lab leak theory, once deemed a conspiracy by some politicians, journalists, and scient...
See moreMedia Bias Alert: Media Split on Significance of Energy Department's Lab Leak Theory
Bias / March 1st, 2023 / by Andy Gorel

The Department of Energy believes with "low confidence" that the most likely origin of COVID-19 was a lab leak in China.
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