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The History of American Media Bias, Pt. 2: The 1800s

News / March 2nd, 2021 / By Micaela Ricaforte

Click here for Part 1 of this Perspectives series: The Press in Colonial America and Creation of the 1st Amendment . Today, we hold journalists and media outlets accountable to journalistic codes of ethics and a set of standards, which include truth, transparency, and objectivity. When...

History, Culture, Media Bias, Media Industry

The History of American Media Bias, Pt. 1: The 1700s

News / February 3rd, 2021 / By Micaela Ricaforte

Today, we hold journalists and media outlets accountable to journalistic code of ethics and a set of standards, which include truth, transparency, and objectivity. When journalism strays from objective fact, the result is biased news . And though it takes different forms in the digital...

Media Bias, Media Industry, History, Culture

Speak up or Shut up: How Conversational Cowardice is Killing this Country

Recommended Reading / January 17th, 2021 / By Pedro Silva

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. As we begin this new decade with many of us looking toward bridging the divides that have become increasingly apparent in the last decade-plus, it is going to require a commitment to dialogical discipline that few people have...

Culture, Polarization

Surveys Suggest Most Democrat Voters are Moderate, Care About American Ideals

Recommended Reading / January 7th, 2021 / By Sukhayl Niyazov

Some may conflate the Democratic Party with a party of the far left, represented by politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Yet surveys show a much more moderate Democratic Party that cares deeply about foundational American principles and are proud to be American...

United News Roundup, Democratic Party, Culture

When It's Finally Time for Vaccines

Recommended Reading / December 15th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

A View from the Center Editor's Note: This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Learn what a Center rating means and get all sides of this topic by reading left-wing and right-wing views on the coronavirus vaccine . I want to see superstar basketball player LeBron James get the COVID-...

Coronavirus Vaccine, Healthcare, Culture, Coronavirus

An Unexpected Collaboration: Billionaires George Soros, Charles Koch Fund Veterans Groups With Common Goals

Recommended Reading / December 3rd, 2020 / By Marcia Beckford

Dan Caldwell and Will Fisher worked on the same cause, but on opposite sides of the aisle. Caldwell, then-Executive Director of Concerned Veterans for America , a conservative veterans advocacy organization, recalled the time he first met Fisher, the Director of Government Relations of...

United News Roundup, Veterans Affairs, Culture

A Conservative Who Liberals Often Enjoyed and Respected: Justice Antonin Scalia

Recommended Reading / November 30th, 2020 / By Bella Jasper

Former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) was deeply conservative. Yet many liberals admired his intellect and his way with words. He was gregarious, and many liberals even considered him a great friend. Even with his biting opinions, he could make liberals think more deeply...

United News Roundup, Antonin Scalia, Polarization, Culture

A Liberal Who Conservatives Often Enjoyed and Respected: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Recommended Reading / November 30th, 2020 / By Bella Jasper

This September, Americans of all political leanings grappled with the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away at the age of 87. Ginsburg, only the second female justice, spent 27 years on the nation’s high court amid numerous battles with cancer. Justice...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United News Roundup, Supreme Court, Polarization, Culture

Humans are Ultra-Social: COVID-19 Is Emotionally Tough This Thanksgiving, Politics Aside

Recommended Reading / November 23rd, 2020 / By Rolf Hendriks

When the U.S. economy was mostly shut down in a wide-ranging effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the impact was immediate and severe. Weekend destinations and lively centers of cultural activity, once packed with crowds of visitors, suddenly became empty and silent...

United News Roundup, Life During Covid-19, Coronavirus, Culture

Trump vs. Biden on Unity and Polarization, Explained in 2 Minutes

News / November 2nd, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Since 2012, more Americans have identified a growing divide between Democrats and Republicans. In a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January, 91 percent of participants said conflicts between the party coalitions are either strong or very strong, and larger numbers within each...

Trump V Biden, Unity, Polarization, Culture, Elections, Election 2020, Campaign Rhetoric

Hope for the Future, Regardless of Election Outcomes: Gen Z Members Sow the Seeds of Bipartisanship

News / November 1st, 2020 / By Jackson Lanzer

At times it seems that America is blanketed with a blinding fog of combative rhetoric and polarization. Yet many lights still shine through as beacons of bipartisanship. Many of those who lead us on our path to greater bipartisanship are the politically active youth of America. In some...

Bipartisanship, Polarization, Culture, United News Roundup

Trump vs. Biden on Education Policy, Explained in 2 Minutes

News / October 29th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Here's a brief overview of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden 's stances on education policy, plus quick links to articles covering the topic from across the political spectrum as determined by AllSides Media Bias Ratings . Trump: President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda pledges to build...

Education, Colleges And Universities, Student Loan Debt, Culture, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump V Biden, Election 2020, Elections

When AOC Looks Like a Moderate

News / July 28th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

Our daughter, who is young, multi-ethnic and fiercely progressive, has been an ardent fan of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the beginning. I have not. But I am an older white man who shares those demographic characteristics with 44-and-a-half of our nation’s 45 presidents, and I admit that...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Polarization, Culture

Story of the Week: Cancel Culture Commands Nation's Attention

Story of the Week / July 9th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The U.S. is undergoing a vast cultural reckoning, as people clash over eradicating purportedly systemic oppression, preserving civil debate, and protecting free thought and expression. Known as cancel culture,...

Story Of The Week, Culture, Cancel Culture, History

Story of the Week: Statue Toppling, Commercial Re-branding Follow Calls for Social Change

Story of the Week / June 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. A wave of calls for social change is manifesting in movements throughout the country, including efforts to overhaul products with racially-tinged branding and take down public monuments of figures with...

Story Of The Week, Culture, Cancel Culture, Race And Racism, Business, History, American Heritage

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...

Culture, Culture War, Polarization, Political Polarization, Media Bias

Pop-Culture and Polarization: with Chloe Valdary

Bias / August 21st, 2019 / By Tara Parekh

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Better Angels. Listen to Ciaran O’Connor and John Wood, Jr. break down the political and racial divides alongside special guest, Chloe Valdary. Chloe Valdary is a writer and the founder of the Theory of Enchantment, a curriculum which...

Political Polarization, Polarization, Culture, Race And Racism, Politics

“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...

Media Bias, Free Speech, Culture, Culture War, Tucker Carlson, Ralph Northam

Story of the Week: Media Draws Scrutiny for Original Reporting on Jussie Smollett Case

Story of the Week / February 21st, 2019 / By AllSides Staff

Several media outlets and politicians came under fire this week for their sympathetic reporting on "Empire" star Jussie Smollett, who has now been charged with filing a false police report in fabricating a racist and homophobic hate crime. Many Left-leaning politicians and publications...

Culture, Jussie Smollett, Hate Crimes, Race And Racism, Homophobia, Chicago, Story Of The Week, News

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...

Media Bias, Advertising, Corporations, Toxic Masculinity, Feminism, Men's Issues, Culture, Culture War, MeToo, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Harassment, Bullying

Tag: Culture