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Mapping Coronavirus Cases: How Graphics Provide Different Perspectives

Bias / March 27th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Which map of COVID-19 coronavirus cases elicits more alarm? This map: Screenshot: 12:03 pm EST on March 27, Johns Hopkins real-time coronavirus map Or this map: Via Foster’s Outriders , published March 16 These maps are from different days, and COVID-19 cases have been rising...

Coronavirus, Media Bias, Missing Perspectives, Perspectives

Free Market Pricing is the Medicine to Heal Health Care Ills

Recommended Reading / October 24th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Editor's note - This is an opinion piece. For further reading and opposing viewpoints, check out Why does U.S. health care cost so much? The hidden-in-plain-sight answer or Why Is American Health Care So Ridiculously Expensive? And if you have read articles that provide alternative points...

Healthcare, Obamacare, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance, Missing Perspectives

Black Lives, Blue Lives: Truth on Both Sides Part II

News / August 10th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Police racism and brutality are topics that have people drawing sides. Part I of this series describes how many of us tend to focus on one aspect of the problem without considering, or sometimes even hearing, opposing points. Often the information we gather, whether from the media or from...

News, Blue Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Missing Perspectives

Black Lives, Blue Lives: Truth on Both Sides, Part I

Bias / August 1st, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Read Parts II , III and IV Lately the media has seemed inundated with reports of alleged police brutality. Now, the recent murders of policemen in Dallas and Baton Rouge add another wrinkle to this grave issue. Demonstrations against police racism vie against rallies to support slain...

Police, Police Brutality, Violence In America, Media Bias, Missing Perspectives

Are Gender Neutral Bathrooms Our Priority?

News / June 23rd, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Should bathrooms be gender-neutral? In recent months this question has been the subject of countless articles, television discussions and national magazine covers. The people at the Broadway show Kinky Boots have even produced a video featuring their take on the argument. This is an issue...

Missing Perspectives, Bathroom Bill, Gender, Transgender Issues

The "Undemocratic" Delegate Count Goes Up for Trump

News / April 26th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Donald Trump had a big night Tuesday night. But he had an even bigger night with delegates because of the GOP delegate rules. Winning an impressive 57% of all the votes cast, he received 95% of the delegates. That's because 4 of the 5 states had either "winner-take-all" or "winner-take-...

Presidential Elections, Missing Perspectives

Trump and Sanders- More Alike than Different

Bias / March 9th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Few people believe Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have much in common. But while Sanders and Trump may be polar opposites in some respects, they’re alike in some very fundamental ways. And their popularity is driven by some of the very same reasons. Congress' job approval rating is 16...

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Presidential Elections, Media Bias, Missing Perspectives

Tolerating Opposing Voices Will Keep Our Spaces Safe

Bias / February 22nd, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

What does freedom mean to you? Do you think we should be free to speak our minds, or do you think we should we be free from hearing opinions that insult our beliefs? Are you willing to give up the right to express yourself if others find your thoughts offensive? In a satirical short video...

Media Bias, Freedom, 1st Amendment, Free Speech, Missing Perspectives

Menace or Victim? Depends Who You Ask

Bias / February 1st, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

There are two sides to every story. If we only consider the story from one point of view, are we truly thinking for ourselves, or simply being told what to think? “We tend to choose up sides very quickly…All the liberals line up on one side and all the conservatives line up on the other...

Media Bias, Missing Perspectives

Executive Orders: The Ultimate Non-Jury Verdict

Bias / January 19th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

As I sat through orientation for jury duty the morning of January 5, the irony did not escape me. The jury clerk thanked us prospective jurors, underscoring that we’d been summoned away from our jobs and responsibilities for good cause. “Imagine if we had no juries, and every court...

Media Bias, Executive Order, Missing Perspectives

Two Reasons We Have Limited Options for President

Bias / October 6th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

What happens when our political party veers from our beliefs? Unfortunately, the way our political system operates, we’re left with few options, which is a problem for both Democrats and Republicans. Whether you admire John Boehner or are glad he’s gone, t he House Majority leader’s...

Media Bias, Presidential Elections, Elections, Missing Perspectives

Why do we tolerate inadequate choices?

Bias / September 29th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Why do Americans tolerate limited political choices? America is a vast and varied nation. We’re composed of 320 million people who represent nearly every ethnicity and civilization in the world. With nearly 4 million square miles, the U.S. is an eclectic collection of diverse regions,...

Elections, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Media Bias, Missing Perspectives

Guess what? Left and Right are not our only political options

Bias / September 10th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

In the United States we’re given a conservative vs. liberal choice that’s supposed to make up the entire range of political opinion. The problem is, it doesn’t. As a result, Americans are funneled into a one-dimensional track that eliminates a whole spectrum of thought. One of the aims of...

Media Bias, Liberals, Conservatives, Missing Perspectives

Why is Washington in debt? A non-partisan explanation

Bias / August 18th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Few Americans think partisan bias affects their own reasoning. Yet many of us jump to prejudiced assumptions without even realizing it. Biased reasoning can sidetrack us or cause us to make illogical leaps that don’t actually support our premise. Take the federal deficit for example...

Washington DC, Media Bias, Budget, Debt, Missing Perspectives

Does Truth Take a Back Seat in the Media?

Bias / August 4th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Trust in mass media is at an all-time low . According to a recent Gallup study, only 40% of today’s Americans believe that the news is reported “fully, accurately, and fairly” by the media. Many recognize that instead of seeking balance, the media’s goal is often to construe stories that...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Missing Perspectives

Should We Occupy Wall St. or Washington

Bias / July 28th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Do America’s problems stem from big government or big business? Nearly all of us can agree that things are awry in America. Yet defining what’s gone wrong has resulted in finger-pointing and a clash of ideologies. One point of view comes from Occupy Wall Street. This Liberal-leaning group...

Political Polarization, Media Bias, Big Government, Wall Street, Missing Perspectives

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