Check This Out: Coming Together Across Divides, Holiday Edition

Recommended Reading / December 21st, 2021 / By Aidanne DePoy

If you’re looking for insights on navigating tough holiday conversations, or you want to hear balanced breakdowns of America’s two-party system and ongoing culture war, you won’t want to miss these podcast episodes. The AllSides team spends a lot of time curating content from across the...
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Podcast, Holidays, Bridging Divides, Conversations, Libertarianism, Culture War

Odd Couples: Chick-fil-A CEO + Gay Rights Advocate

Recommended Reading / June 29th, 2021 / By Respect + Rebellion

Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com . As the Culture War accelerated to include the truly transcendent battle ground of fighting over chicken sandwiches, two participants in said Culture War called an audible – they spoke...
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Odd Couples, LGBT Rights, Religion And Faith, Bridging Divides, Culture War, LGBTQ Issues

Political Polarization Is No Longer Just Red v Blue: It’s About Memetic Tribes

Bias / January 9th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

The United States is politically polarized — but perhaps not in the way you think. We tend to think of “polarization” as two competing red and blue tribes, each far away from the other in belief, values, and ideas, battling for political territory. Republican versus Democrat. Elephant...
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Culture, Culture War, Cultural Polarization, Political Polarization, Bias

Media Bias Alert: Coverage of Don Cherry's Firing Differs on Left and Right

Bias / November 13th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Longtime TV personality Don Cherry, considered by many to be a legendary personality due to his 38-year career, was fired by Sportsnet Monday after he said not enough people (or immigrants, depending on whom you ask) in Toronto wear poppies to honor veterans on Remembrance Day. The...
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Media Bias, Don Cherry, Cancel Culture, Culture War, Race & Racism, Political Correctness

“Offense Archaeology:” How Digging Up Past Sins Became a Political Weapon for the Left and the Right

Bias / March 20th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Last week, nonprofit Media Matters for America, which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Far Left, unearthed statements Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Far Right media bias) made on a shock jock radio show between 2006 and 2011. The reveal was designed to put pressure on advertisers to...
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Media Bias, Bias, Freedom Of Speech, Free Speech, Culture, Culture War, Tucker Carlson, Ralph Northam, Roseanne Barr

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