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Media Bias Alert: Spin and Slant Skew News Reports on Trump-Woodward Interviews

News / September 11th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Journalist Bob Woodward’s revelation this week that President Donald Trump privately conveyed his intent to “play [COVID-19] down” in February has commandeered mainstream news, reframing election chatter around Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Outlets on all sides are zooming...

Bob Woodward, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Media Bias, Media Industry

When the Debate Turns From Coronavirus to Crime

News / September 1st, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

It’s only been a little more than three months since George Floyd’s tragic death. But on the political calendar, it seems like decades have passed. In the spring, the nationwide demonstrations that spread in the aftermath of Floyd’s death put Donald Trump on the defensive, as the national...

Coronavirus, Crime, Elections, 2020 Election, Campaign Rhetoric

Who Won: Jim Jordan or Dr. Fauci? Depends on Your Filter Bubble

News / August 5th, 2020 / By Hirsh Joshi

Dr. Anthony Fauci , the leading epidemiologist for the White House coronavirus task force, testified before the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis last week. During the hearing, Fauci exchanged words with Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) after Jordan asked about limits on...

Jim Jordan, Anthony Fauci, Coronavirus, US Congress, Media Bias, Public Health

Story of the Week: Next Coronavirus Stimulus Uncertain as Lawmakers Debate Details

Story of the Week / July 30th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The nation awaits more COVID-19 coronavirus financial relief, as lawmakers from both parties diligently debate the details. Coverage from many right-rated outlets has focused on the purported ineffectiveness of...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Economy And Jobs, Economic Policy, Life During Covid-19

Left, Right Media Differ on Texas July Coronavirus Spike

News / July 23rd, 2020 / By Hirsh Joshi

Refrigeration trucks are being used to store the dead in parts of Texas and Arizona where morgues are reaching capacity. But depending on the kinds of media you consume or the filter bubble you’ve wound up in, you may not have known this, as the story was more likely to be covered by left...

Media Bias, Texas, Coronavirus

When Good People Turn On Each Other

News / July 21st, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

As the COVID-19 coronavirus devastation worsens, it has become very clear who deserves the blame for the virus’ spread: Other people. “Other”, of course, is entirely in the eye of the beholder. As America has retreated into partisan and cultural cul-de-sacs, it becomes more and more...

Coronavirus, Life During Covid-19, Polarization

Story of the Week: Virus Spikes in Florida and Across South, Falls Elsewhere; Interpretations Differ

Story of the Week / July 16th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Florida set a U.S. record earlier this week with over 15,000 new COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported in a single day, solidifying itself as a North American coronavirus epicenter while other regions seem to gain...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Florida, Media Bias, Public Health

Story of the Week: Coronavirus Surge Halts Re-openings in Some States

Story of the Week / July 2nd, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. COVID-19 coronavirus cases have rebounded in certain regions, prompting some leaders to reverse reopening strategies and reinstate strict lockdown measures. The rise in cases is most pronounced in the Sunbelt...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Public Health

When the Virus Moves to Red States

News / June 30th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

For most of the spring, COVID-19 was primarily a blue-state pandemic. While conservative areas of the country were hit by the virus as well, the types of densely populated urban areas that tend to vote Democrat absorbed the overwhelming majority of cases, hospitalizations and deaths. For...

Coronavirus, Republican Party, Polarization, Elections, 2020 Election

Story of the Week: Outlook for Second Coronavirus Wave Marked by Confusion

Story of the Week / June 18th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Concerns about a possible COVID-19 coronavirus resurgence are being met with conflicting statements from leaders and health experts. Some health experts say the first wave of the virus has yet to subside, while...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Public Health, Role Of Government, Life During Covid-19, Safety And Sanity During COVID-19

No Such Thing As a Social Distancing Trophy

News / June 17th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

We’re bored. We’re restless. We’ve watched everything good on Netflix. And it’s really nice outside. So therefore we must be healthy. Such is the sublogical thinking that has driven the nature of our country’s re-opening, despite the complete and total lack of evidence that the Covid-19...

Social Distancing, Life During Covid-19, Coronavirus, Public Health

Are Masks — and Germs — The Newest Political Weapons?

News / May 26th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

This year, Memorial Day was a metaphor. When Donald Trump and Joe Biden both went to pay their respects to the nation’s war dead on Monday (separate ceremonies, of course), Biden wore a mask and Trump did not. Their respective decisions reflected the growing and increasingly nasty debate...

Polarization, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Coronavirus

Story of the Week: All 50 States Have Partially Reopened

Story of the Week / May 21st, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Every U.S. state has now taken formal steps to reopen businesses and get residents back to work as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues. Governors and local leaders are looking for signs that the virus is...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus

Story of the Week: Economic Concerns Loom As Reopenings Begin

Story of the Week / May 14th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The need for economic activity is clashing with public safety concerns as the United States gradually moves to reopen safely amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Debates over the need for social distancing and...

Story Of The Week, Economy And Jobs, Coronavirus, Public Health

Story of the Week: Lifted Lockdowns Bring Relief, Fears of Regression

Story of the Week / May 8th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. As social distancing restrictions are relaxed throughout the U.S., feelings of liberation are conflicting with concerns of a possible second surge in coronavirus cases. An immensely disrupted economy is an...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Public Health

Story of the Week: US Coronavirus Cases Top 1 Million; Pressure to Ease Restrictions Mounts

Story of the Week / April 30th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. More than 1 million people in the United States have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, as the testing capacity and race to create a vaccine become the national focus. Meanwhile, political disputes are...

Story Of The Week, Public Health, Coronavirus

Fake News Alert: Fact-checking What Trump Actually Said About Disinfectant

News / April 28th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

During the White House coronavirus press briefing on April 23, President Donald Trump set off a firestorm of mudslinging and misinformation when he inquired about possibly using disinfectant to treat people with COVID-19. Fact checkers were all over the place after Trump made the comments...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Facts And Fact Checking, Fake News, Donald Trump, Coronavirus, Public Health, COVID-19 Misinformation

Story of the Week: People Protest Lockdowns as Some States Eye Reopening

Story of the Week / April 23rd, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Protests against lockdown measures and social distancing guidelines happened throughout the U.S. in the past week, as people grow restless with the coronavirus-induced economic shutdown. Some protesters still...

Story Of The Week, Role Of Government, Coronavirus, Life During Covid-19

Story of the Week: Trump, Governors Start to Plan Regional Re-openings

Story of the Week / April 16th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump's administration and state governors are developing plans to ease social distancing guidelines once conditions are deemed safe enough. The rough plan aims to lift some social distancing...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Role Of Government

Media (Mostly) in Unison on Fact Checking Trump Claim

News / April 14th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

President Donald Trump said Monday via Twitter that he has the power to overrule governors in ending statewide lockdown measures. In a rare showing of fact-checking bipartisanship, news outlets located throughout the AllSides media bias ratings spectrum quickly vetted the statement,...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Coronavirus, Donald Trump

Tag: Coronavirus