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Live Blog: Tracking Ukraine Fact Checking, Misinformation and Fake News

Fact Check / May 5th, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

Updates on unconfirmed stories, disputed claims, and examples of propaganda and disinformation relating to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ukraine War, Ukraine, Russia, World, Europe, Fact Checking, Misinformation And Disinformation, Fake News, Propaganda

6 Ways the Media Tries to Catch Your Attention

Bias / December 17th, 2020 / By Avanti Giridharan

Our modern world of media and advertising is shaped by many forces. The strongest and most important of them is attention . Take a minute to think about all the things that you read or clicked on today. What made you choose them out of a thousand others? The term ' attention economy '...

Media, Media Bias, Fake News, Types Of Media Bias

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

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

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: Coronavirus Viral Rumor Rundown

Bias / April 1st, 2020 / By News Literacy Project

Editor's Note: Our friends at the News Literacy Project have curated examples of rumors and fake news when it comes to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Check out the examples below, and share on Facebook and Twitter to alert your friends. Coronavirus Viral Rumor Rundown NO: COVID-19 does not...

Media Bias, Fake News, Viral Videos, Social Media, Coronavirus

Fake News? Trump Tweets Video of Biden Appearing to Endorse Him

Bias / March 13th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

If you can remember a time before the media was oversaturated with coronavirus news, it was just over a week ago that President Trump retweeted a video of Joe Biden at a campaign rally appearing to endorse him. The video, which CNN (Lean Left media bias) called “dishonestly edited,” was...

Media Bias, Fake News, President Trump, Joe Biden

Project Veritas Story on Google Bias Reveals Left/Right Divide

Bias / June 25th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

This morning, YouTube, which is owned by Google, removed a video created by Project Veritas, a nonprofit founded by conservative James O’Keefe that is dedicated to exposing corruption. The video showed undercover footage of Google executive Jen Gennai discussing the tech giant’s search...

Google Bias, Bias, Google News Bias, Google, Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Fake News

Is CNN Fake News?

Bias / May 21st, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Is CNN fake news? President Donald Trump famously told a CNN reporter, “You’re fake news” in January 2017. Fake news is now a term that has been used countless times by the media, political leaders, commentators and everyday people. People from all sides of the political spectrum believe...

Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Chart, Media Bias Ratings, Media Bias Chart, Media Watch - Media Bias, CNN, Fake News

New Podcast: AllSides Discusses Media Bias on The First Five

Bias / May 6th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides CEO and co-founder John Gable appeared on the Freedom Forum Institute's First Five podcast to discuss all things media bias. Gable joins Lata Nott, executive director of the Freedom Forum Institute's First Amendment Center, to discuss whether media bias is a bad thing, if...

Podcast, John Gable, AllSides, Media Bias, Fake News

VIDEO: What is AllSides?

Bias / January 16th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Each day, it seems there's another intense partisan fight heating up Congress or sparking ire on our social media feeds. How have we become so polarized? As described in our new video above, media bias — and the technology that enables it — is a huge factor. News, social media feeds and...

Bias, Media Bias, Fake Media, Biased News, News, Fake News, New York Times, CNN, Media Bias Ratings, BuzzFeed, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Journalism, Free Speech

Does Unbiased News Really Exist?

News / April 10th, 2018 / By Billy Binion

Sinclair Broadcast Group caused an uproar after they required local news anchors across the country to recite an identical script condemning “one-sided” stories in the national media. But does unbiased news actually exist? One of our core beliefs at AllSides is that it does not. Everyone...

Fake News, Unbiased News, Media Bias, News

Sinclair Broadcasting Engulfed in 'Fake News' Promo Controversy

Story of the Week / April 5th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Sinclair Broadcasting required its local news anchors to read from an identical script warning against false news and criticizing the mainstream media for "irresponsible, one-sided news stories." Many on the Left denounced the network for displaying conservative bias, while some on the...

Fake News, Media Bias, Sinclair Broadcasting, Story Of The Week, News

Trump's War with the Media

Story of the Week / July 6th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

President Trump's war with the mainstream media reached new heights this week when he tweeted a controversial video of himself attacking the CNN logo. While his actions received condemnation from several news outlets, coverage of the tweet varied drastically across the partisan divide...

News, Story Of The Week, Media Bias, Donald Trump, Fake News, Polarization

Pizzagate and Fake News

Story of the Week / December 8th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

With the events of "Pizzagate", many are left questioning the influence that "fake news" has on people. Should social media networks do more to crack down on the spread of fake stories? Or would that just create an unaccountable central authority that censors information, capable of...

Story Of The Week, Fake News, News, Pizzagate

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