Did The New York Times Spread Disinformation About a Capitol Officer’s Death?

Bias / April 22nd, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

Earlier this week, it emerged that Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after the January 6 riot at the Capitol, according to a ruling by the District’s chief medical examiner. The ruling means federal prosecutors will likely be...
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New York Times, Disinformation, Capitol Riot, Brian Sicknick, Media Bias, Bias, Analysis

Analysis: Was Media Biased In Coverage of Biden, Trump's Troop Removals from Afghanistan?

Bias / April 20th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

On April 14, President Biden announced his intention to end the war in Afghanistan . In 2019 and 2020 , President Trump also said he would withdraw troops . Was the media biased in its coverage of both stories? Drew Holden, a freelance commentary writer not yet rated by AllSides , says it...
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How to Spot Media Bias: Omission of Source

Bias / February 8th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

A common type of media bias seen in the press today is omission of source attribution. A recent Poynter article explored how reporters who used terms like “baseless” or “falsely claimed” often did not include a source to help the reader understand why something was false. Omission of...
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How Readers Rated the Media Bias of AP, BBC and The Epoch Times, and More

Bias / November 23rd, 2020 / By Rick Wytmar

In September, we released the findings of our August 2020 Blind Bias Survey , in which over 2,000 people across the political spectrum rated the media bias of five different news outlets blindly, seeing only their content and story choice but not the name of the news publication. Below...
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What Bari Weiss’ Resignation from the New York Times Says About Media Bias – and About AllSides

Bias / July 27th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Weiss’ concerns about media bias and intolerance of diverse views are worth highlighting, as this is essentially why AllSides exists. The high-profile resignation of writer Bari Weiss from the New York Times two weeks ago underscores the dire need for tools like AllSides, which exists to...
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Media Bias Alert: Whether Protests Spread Coronavirus Depends On Your Bias

Bias / July 7th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

For months, Americans were told by public health officials to avoid mass gatherings and stay home in order to stop the spread of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus . Many states explicitly banned gatherings over a certain number of people — usually 10 to 25 people — and many local and state...
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Media Bias Watch: How Stories are Placed

Bias / December 16th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

AllSides frequently provides case studies that illustrate how bias appears in the media. Read more about AllSides’ 11 Types of Media Bias here. Tuesday, December 10th was a busy day in the news media, with Democrats announcing two articles of impeachment and President Trump taking major...
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Story of the Week: Questions Surround New Kavanaugh Allegation, NYT Story

Story of the Week / September 21st, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

A New York Times report last week that detailed another claim of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been the subject of scrutiny, raising questions about missing details, sources and possible media bias. The original NYT article initially attracted...
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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...
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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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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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New York Times Anonymous Op-Ed Met With Mixed Reviews

Story of the Week / September 13th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

A senior official in the Trump administration wrote an anonymous op-ed published in the New York Times claiming they are working to "thwart" parts of the president's agenda as well as his "worst inclinations". Some have said the approach was cowardly and only confirms previously held...
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