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Media Bias Alert: Reuters Fact Checks an Opinion About Transgender Women in Sports

Bias / March 31st, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

Reuters recently fact checked an opinion about transgender women in women’s competitions.

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Introducing The AllSides Fact Check Bias Chart™

Bias / August 24th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The AllSides Fact Check Bias Chart™ reveals the bias of top fact checkers, such as Snopes, Politifact, FactCheck.org and more.

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Media Bias Alert: Snopes “Fact Checks” a Subjective Opinion on AOC

Bias / February 4th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

From the Right This piece is from a writer rated Lean Right. Snopes today offered a clear example of how fact check outlets can be biased when it attempted to “fact check" the opinion that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exaggerated the danger she was in during the Capitol Hill storming, which...

Media Bias, Snopes, Liberal Media Bias, Fact Checkers, Fact Check, Facts And Fact Checking, Bias, AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Media Bias Alert: Politifact “Fact Check” Is Actually Analysis

Bias / January 13th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

From the Right This piece is from a writer rated Lean Right. America is politically volatile and has been for some time , and in recent weeks things have only escalated . Amid the turmoil, people are clamoring for cold, hard facts. Fact checking sites like Politifact (Lean Left bias)...

Media Bias, Fact Check, Politifact, Democrats, Kamala Harris, Ayanna Pressley, Nancy Pelosi

AllSides Moves AP Politics to Lean Left

Bias / September 9th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

After months of research and analysis, including blind bias surveys conducted with nearly 4,000 people across the political spectrum as well as AllSides editorial reviews , AllSides found Associated Press news coverage of US politics has a Lean Left bias. AllSides now rates AP’s Politics...

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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, Fact Check, Fake News, Donald Trump, Coronavirus, Public Health, COVID-19 Misinformation

Fact Check: Is Trump's Star Being Removed from the Walk of Fame?

News / August 7th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Is Donald Trump's star being removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Judging from many of today's headlines, you would think so. But any media consumers who read only the headlines might be misled. Take a look at the following headlines. You would think that Trump's star is being removed...

Donald Trump, Hollywood, Walk Of Fame, Bias, Media Bias, Fact Check

Fact Check: What Does the SCOTUS Travel Ban Ruling Actually Mean?

News / June 29th, 2018 / By Billy Binion

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a 5-4 decision upholding President Trump's travel ban. What exactly does that mean? Partisan news organizations and politicians had vastly different reactions to the news, leading to a varied understanding of the ruling's ramifications. Claim: The...

Immigration, Supreme Court, Donald Trump, Travel Ban, Fact Check, News

Fact Check: Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling, Philadelphia Eagles Debacle

News / June 8th, 2018 / By Billy Binion

It’s been a confusing news cycle this week, with conflicting slants leaving people more confused than informed. Let’s take a look at two big stories — the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling and the Philadelphia Eagles White House visit — which were riddled with inconsistencies...

Fact Check, Free Speech, Religion And Faith, LGBT Rights, LGBT, Religious Freedom, Sports, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, News

Fact Check: Were 1,500 Immigrant Children Separated From Their Parents and Lost at the Border?

News / June 1st, 2018 / By Billy Binion

Claim: Approximately 1,500 immigrant children were lost by U.S. border security after being separated from their parents. Verdict: False Background : A story ran in the New York Times on April 26 claiming the Department of Health and Human Services "lost track" of 1,475 migrant children...

Immigration, Fact Check, News

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