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In the Biden Era, Fact Checkers are Falling Short

Bias / July 15th, 2021 / By Henry A. Brechter

The relentless commitment of mainstream fact-checkers to keeping tabs on the White House is no more.

Facts And Fact Checking, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Media Bias, Media Industry

Facts, Myths and Rumors: Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein

Fact Check / May 25th, 2021 / By Henry A. Brechter

Amid news of Bill and Melinda Gates getting a divorce , rumors are swirling about Bill’s connections to convicted sex offender and high-profile financier Jeffrey Epstein. The two met multiple times, with Gates even flying once on Epstein’s private plane. While this fact has invited tons...

Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, Misinformation And Disinformation, Facts And Fact Checking

How AllSides Handles Media Bias in Fact Checking

Bias / March 2nd, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Fact checking is a critical part of today’s media landscape. But just because something is called a fact check obviously doesn’t mean it’s balanced, fair or even really a fact check at all. AllSides curates fact check articles daily as part of our balanced newsfeed . Our readers...

Facts And Fact Checking, Media Literacy, AllSides Standards, Media Bias

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

How Fact Checkers Are Biased in the 2020 Election

News / October 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Generally, you shouldn’t be able to tell who journalists are voting for in the 2020 presidential election when you read their news story or look at their website. But sometimes it can be more than obvious, even when it comes to the almighty fact checkers. We went around to six fact-...

2020 Election Fact Checking, 2020 Election, Facts And Fact Checking, Fake News, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Media Bias, Media Industry

Story of the Week: Twitter and Trump Clash After Company Adds Warning Tag to His Tweets

Story of the Week / May 28th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump and Twitter are feuding over the president's tweets and the social media platform's vetting of them. The president plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at reducing liability...

Story Of The Week, Twitter, Technology, Social Media, Big Tech, Facts And Fact Checking, Free Speech, Donald Trump, Censorship, First Amendment

Media Bias Alert: Cheers to NBC for Fake News Apology

News / May 15th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

One of the biggest media bias-related stories of the past week was about NBC , Attorney General William Barr, and a flagrant case of bias by omission . Another key part of the story, though, was how the omission was handled. NBC host Chuck Todd, lead of the network’s staple “Meet the...

NBC News, Media Bias, Media Industry, Fake News, Facts And Fact Checking

Introducing AllSides Facts and Fact Checking

News / May 8th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Facts are facts, but the way they’re presented (or ignored) can still be biased. Information based in fact can imply things that are misleading or even turn out to be untrue. To better reveal the truth and reality we all seek, AllSides is launching our Facts and Fact Checking Portal ...

Facts And Fact Checking, Media Bias, Fake News

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