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How News Outlets Wrote About Elliot Page

Bias / December 4th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

News publishers were faced with a test of their reporting standards on Tuesday when Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated actor formerly known as Ellen Page, came out as transgender. The rights and identities of trans people are a politically polarizing issue for some in the United States,...

Transgender Issues, LGBTQ Issues, Media Industry, Media Bias, Journalism, Hollywood, Entertainment, Movies, Netflix

Media Bias Alert: Left Highlights Biden's All-Female Comms Team; Right Zooms in on CNN Ties

Bias / December 1st, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

In reporting on Joe Biden’s recent announcement of his White House communications staff , different sides of the media sometimes focused on completely different facts. Biden, who’s widely projected to be confirmed as the next U.S. president by the Electoral College next month, recently...

Media Bias, Joe Biden, Media Industry

Why News Outlets Differ on Calling Arizona for Biden

News / November 6th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

A peculiar feature of Wednesday’s post-election protests was some Trump supporters’ chants of “shame on Fox!,” in reference to Fox News , the right-leaning news media giant. While data shows Republicans trust Fox more than any other outlet, President Trump has publicly criticized the...

2020 Election, Elections, Arizona, Media Industry, Fox News, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Polls

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

Election Polls: Why They’re So Popular and How to Understand Them

News / October 23rd, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

As the 2020 election approaches, more and more news coverage is devoted to opinion polls. This coverage aims to accurately portray how the American public feels about political candidates. However, polls bring with them a host of statistical complexities and political implications that...

2020 Election, Polls, Public Opinion, Media Industry, Facts And Fact Checking, Polarization, Elections

The Economist’s Analysis of Facebook Media Bias Misses the Mark

News / September 17th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

A recent examination of media bias on Facebook caught our eye here at AllSides. It is an important topic and we found the report to be interesting, but we also found some problems with it that lead to invalid conclusions. We’ve identified a number of flaws in the methodology used in a...

Media Bias, Facebook, Technology, Social Media, Filter Bubbles, Media Industry, Polarization

Media Bias Alert: Spin and Slant Skew News Reports on Trump-Woodward Interviews

News / September 11th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Journalist Bob Woodward’s revelation this week that President Donald Trump privately conveyed his intent to “play [COVID-19] down” in February has commandeered mainstream news, reframing election chatter around Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Outlets on all sides are zooming...

Bob Woodward, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Media Bias, Media Industry

How Should We Address Differences in News Outlets’ Audience Sizes?

News / September 10th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

Here at AllSides, we do our best to curate news from diverse sources, which helps expose our readers (and us) to different perspectives. Not all news sources are equal, however; some outlets have much larger audiences than others. This means their coverage, and therefore their bias,...

Media Industry, News Literacy, Internet, Technology, Data, Social Media, Polarization

When the World Waits For John Kelly

News / September 9th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

If he chose to do so, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly could become the most consequential endorser in the history of American politics. And he wouldn’t even have to endorse. In the days since it was first reported that President Donald Trump had allegedly disparaged American...

Elections, 2020 Election, Campaign Rhetoric, John Kelly, US Military, Media Industry

Transparency Troubles: How the Associated Press Mixes News and Subjectivity

News / September 1st, 2020 / By Micaela Ricaforte

When an article is clearly labeled as “news” or “opinion,” do you read it with that in mind? People coming to a site or clicking on a link expecting hard news are sometimes met with subjective analyses and opinionated angles, and content is not properly labeled. AllSides has found even...

Media Bias, AP Bias, Media Industry, News Literacy

Sensationalist News is Everywhere. Here’s How AllSides Bucks the Trend

News / August 21st, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Modern media business models encourage journalists to seek engagement. Clicks mean success, right? If everyone is reading and sharing my work, haven't I done a good job? Plus I earn ad revenue! My audience is commenting like crazy, so I must be doing something right. Plus these numbers...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Journalism, AllSides

Coverage of Harris as VP Pick Creates Partisan Filter Bubbles

News / August 13th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

For much of the past week, the media has largely set aside the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to go all in on coverage of Joe Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate . To the surprise of few, the way any given news outlet covered the decision likely hinted at its editorial bias...

Media Bias, 2020 Election, Elections, Media Industry, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Filter Bubbles, Polarization

The Roles and Responsibilities of Op-Ed Sections and of the Public

News / July 30th, 2020 / By Gina Baleria

Recent conversations and controversies surrounding the venerable op-ed pages at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have been framed in various ways, with commentators using phrases such as cancel culture, an attack on freedom of speech, an example of poor fact checking, and other...

Media Bias, Free Speech, Public Opinion, Media Industry, Polarization

Colorado Ban on Panic Defense Goes Uncovered by Major News Media

News / July 20th, 2020 / By Hirsh Joshi

Given how chaotic the news seems to be everyday, it can be easy to miss stories that are crucial and consequential to certain communities. On July 14, Colorado became just the 11th U.S. state to outlaw the use of the ‘trans panic’ and ‘gay panic’ criminal defense. The ‘trans panic’...

Media Bias, LGBTQ Issues, Colorado, Media Industry

Media Bias Alert: Fox News Crops Trump Out of a Photo with Epstein, Maxwell

Bias / July 15th, 2020 / By Micaela Ricaforte

Fox News made headlines last Sunday when it covered the arrest of alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Authorities charged Maxwell on four counts related to recruiting minors to engage in sexual activity and two counts of perjury. During the television segment, Fox...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Censorship, Donald Trump, Fox News, Jeffrey Epstein

Univision, Telemundo Accused of Racial Bias

News / June 11th, 2020 / By Hirsh Joshi

Since recent rioting and protesting began in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, media outlets across the spectrum have been accused of many types of bias. While these biases often favor one political party or political movement, some claim that coverage of the unrest...

Media Bias, Race And Racism, 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, Media Bias, Media Industry, Fake News, Facts And Fact Checking

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, Facts And Fact Checking, Fake News, Donald Trump, Coronavirus, Public Health, COVID-19 Misinformation

Media Bias Alert: N.Y. Times Edits Biden Investigation — After Biden Campaign Complains

Bias / April 16th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

One of the country’s most powerful newspapers published an investigation of a sexual assault allegation against a top presidential candidate. When the candidate’s campaign complained about how the investigation worded detail of some of the candidate’s previously-known inappropriate...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Joe Biden, Elections, 2020 Election

Media (Mostly) in Unison on Fact Checking Trump Claim

News / April 14th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

President Donald Trump said Monday via Twitter that he has the power to overrule governors in ending statewide lockdown measures. In a rare showing of fact-checking bipartisanship, news outlets located throughout the AllSides media bias ratings spectrum quickly vetted the statement,...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Coronavirus, Donald Trump

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