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Is CNN Fake News?

Bias / August 21st, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

Is CNN (Left bias) 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. In particular, CNN has been at the center of...

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Help Rate Media Bias! Take the Survey

Bias / February 18th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Help AllSides rate media bias by taking our blind bias survey ! You'll be asked to assess whether content from popular media outlets is biased to the left, center, or right. It should take about 5 minutes. We're seeking people from all over the political spectrum to rate the bias of news...

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Media Bias Alert: Los Angeles Media Ignores Homeless Camp Trash Cleanup

Bias / September 24th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Los Angeles residents who read only media outlets from one side of the political spectrum may have missed an important story this week. As AllSides outlines in 11 Types of Media Bias , a comprehensive guide to spot bias in the news, bias by omission is a type of bias in which news outlets...

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Left and Right Media Bias On Display in Economic Report

Bias / March 1st, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its quarterly report on gross domestic product Thursday morning, and media bias was apparent in the reports. All media outlets agreed the U.S. economy grew by 2.9 percent in 2018, yet reporters from the Left and Right painted the numbers...

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Updated Media Bias Chart: Version 1.1

News / February 21st, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Editor's Note: Some information may be outdated. View the latest version of the AllSides Media Bias Chart here . Earlier this month, we released Version 1 of the AllSides Media Bias Chart, which is based on over 600 AllSides media bias ratings. The media bias chart offers an easy way for...

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Taking A Closer Look at the NPR News Media Bias Rating

Bias / February 20th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

After releasing version 1 of the AllSides media bias chart (stay tuned for Version 1.1, to be released soon), we received a lot of feedback from people who disagreed with the NPR online news Center media bias rating. Some readers said the outlet has a Left bias. On February 19, 2019, our...

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A "Center" Media Bias Rating Doesn't Mean Neutral

News / February 11th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Here's the skinny: A " Center " media bias rating from AllSides doesn't necessarily mean a source is neutral, unbiased, perfectly reasonable or credible. A Center media bias rating simply means a source or writer does not predictably publish content tilted toward either end of the...

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Introducing the AllSides Media Bias Chart

Bias / February 1st, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Editor's Note: Some information may be outdated. View the latest version of the AllSides Media Bias Chart here . Introducing the 2019 AllSides Media Bias Chart, an easy way for you to identify political bias in the news so you can be better equipped to navigate our increasingly polarized...

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VIDEO: How AllSides Spots Media Bias

Bias / January 23rd, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides has rated the media bias of nearly 600 media outlets and writers, from The New York Times to The Blaze to BuzzFeed and everything between and beyond. We assess media outlets using a patented and transparent media bias rating methodology . Learn more about how we do it in the...

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Is the New York Times' Coverage of California Wildfires Biased?

Bias / December 7th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Today in media bias: A meme floating around Facebook claims the New York Times is biased when it comes to its coverage of the recent California wildfires. Back in January 2018, the New York Times ran a story about California forests with the headline, " California Today: 100 Million Dead...

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Media Bias Fuels Political Violence in America. Can We Change?

Bias / November 1st, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must change this to heal our divide. In just the last two weeks, multiple incidents of political...

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Google News is Heavily Biased — But It May Not Be Rigged

Bias / October 23rd, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

An extensive report by AllSides reveals Google News is biased against conservatives, but there is no evidence that Google News bias is intentionally rigged. AllSides’ 39-page Google News Bias research report reveals Google news bias is heavily Left-leaning. AllSides found Google News is...

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Updated Media Bias Ratings: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vox, and more

Bias / October 8th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides Media Bias Ratings are fluid and subject to change as media outlets evolve over time or we acquire new information. This is why t he AllSides team recently decided to review a number of media outlets in our quest to provide unbiased news. We determined the following media bias...

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Media Bias Update: Drudge Report

News / September 6th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides Media Bias Ratings are fluid and subject to change as media outlets change over time, or we acquire new information. AllSides previously rated The Drudge Report , an American news aggregation website, as having a Right media bias , but in August 2018, we conducted an editorial...

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Yes, CNN's Media Bias Has Shifted Left

News / March 27th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Data driven and bi-partisan analysis reveals CNN's news media bias has shifted Left in the last three years In the past, AllSides rated CNN Web News (which does not include Opinion/Editorial pieces or cable TV broadcasts) as Center media bias — yet, it was barely Center, and fell close to...

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