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How AllSides Creates Balanced News: A Step-by-Step Guide

Recommended Reading / April 13th, 2023 / By Henry A. Brechter

How does balanced news get made? Learn the process behind AllSides balanced Headline Roundups.

AllSides Standards, News Literacy, Media Bias, AllSides

How AllSides Labels Content: News, Opinion, Analysis, Fact Check

Recommended Reading / August 2nd, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

For our balanced news curation AllSides analyze content more closely to confirm whether the publisher’s label is accurate, and will sometimes change it on our website to more precisely reflect the style of journalism in the article at hand

AllSides Standards, Media Bias, Journalism, News, Media Industry, AllSides, News Literacy, Media Literacy

Is ‘headline stress disorder’ real? Yes, but those who thrive on the news often lose sight of it

Recommended Reading / March 17th, 2022 / By "The Conversation" Contributor

The mental and psychological toll of news consumption remains largely unknown to the general news consumer.

Media Literacy, News Literacy, NPR

9 Logical Fallacies Used by Opinion Writers

Bias / December 1st, 2021 / By Avanti Giridharan

Learn common logical fallacies that are used in political opinion pieces.

Media Bias, Ideological Bias, Opinion, Media Literacy, News Literacy

How to Keep Up With the News This Summer (Without Getting a Headache)

Recommended Reading / June 17th, 2021 / By Henry A. Brechter

People are dying to get back outside and away from their screens as COVID-19 restrictions ease and society slowly returns to normal. With that in mind, it’s fine to take breaks from the often overwhelming online news cycle. But you can’t totally tune out. Our tools are here to help you...

Media Industry, News Literacy

How to Retain Your Sanity When Reading the News

News / February 15th, 2021 / By Avanti Giridharan

One of the most unbelievable things in the 21st century is that there was a period in time when the media actually seemed to care about its viewers. The reporting was comparatively more accurate and unafraid to challenge or question powerful people. Fast forward to today, and the...

Media Literacy, News Literacy, News, Mental Health

Media Bias 101: The Difference Between News, Analysis, and Opinion

Bias / October 7th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Many media outlets do not properly label content. You can be easily deceived by media bias when you think you’re reading news, but are actually reading someone’s opinion or analysis. These guides can help you learn how to spot the difference. News: What happened. Analysis: What happened...

Media Bias, Media Literacy, News Literacy

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

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

Tag: News Literacy