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Inside AllSides: Is NPR ‘State-Affiliated Media’?

Bias / April 11th, 2023 / By AllSides Staff

Twitter’s decision to mark NPR as "state-affiliated" sparked a debate at AllSides over whether NPR truly deserved the label.

Media Industry, Media Bias, Twitter, NPR, Social Media, Freedom Of Press

Media Bias Alert: NPR, AP, CBS Criticized for Description of Shinzo Abe

Bias / July 8th, 2022 / By Julie Mastrine

Using charged descriptors can signal bias and be fraught with disagreement on the left and right.

AP Bias, NPR, NPR Bias, Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, CBS Bias, CBS

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

NPR Bias Rating Moved to Lean Left Following AllSides Survey

Bias / March 16th, 2022 / By AllSides Staff

New data has led to a change in NPR's media bias rating.

NPR, NPR Bias, Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings

Media Bias Alert: Supreme Court Justices Dispute NPR Story

News / January 25th, 2022 / By Joseph Ratliff

The Supreme Court stirred controversy last week by denying an NPR (Online News rated Center) report saying Chief Justice John Roberts had “in some form” asked his fellow justices to wear masks. A reporter from Fox News (Right) cited a source who also denied the report about Roberts.

Supreme Court, NPR, Media Industry, Media Bias, CNN, Fox News, Sonia Sotomayor, Neil Gorsuch, John Roberts

AllSides Reviews NPR's Media Bias Rating

Bias / October 4th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

NPR online news is a source that AllSides struggles to rate. We took another look at its bias.

Media Bias, NPR, NPR Bias

Media Bias and The Lab Leak Theory: A Comprehensive Look

Bias / May 28th, 2021 / By Julie Mastrine

The media sphere appears to have undergone a shift in narrative when it comes to the theory COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese laboratory.

Media Bias, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Misinformation, Wuhan Lab, Liberal Media Bias

Media Bias Alert: NPR Comes Clean About Fake News — Almost

Bias / June 22nd, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

An AllSides reader recently wrote in to point out an apparent case of media bias by NPR online news , which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Center (though close to Lean Left ). In a now-deleted tweet, NPR ran the headline: “Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with...

Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, NPR, George Floyd Protests, Black Lives Matter, Violence In America

Updated Media Bias Ratings: AP, The Hill, NPR, Washington Examiner, Washington Post

Bias / April 22nd, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides has rated the bias of over 600 media outlets , which are fluid and subject to change. We recently conducted a blind bias survey to review the bias of the Associated Press , The Hill , NPR online news , Washington Examiner , and Washington Post . For this blind bias survey, we...

Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Chart, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, Conservatives, AP Bias, Washington Post, NPR

Updated Media Bias Ratings: AP, NPR, Epoch Times, Yahoo! News, BuzzFeed, AJ+

Bias / September 25th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

AllSides has rated the bias of nearly 600 media outlets, and our media bias ratings are fluid and subject to change as outlets change over time or more information is gathered. We recently conducted reviews on a number of popular media outlets to ensure our bias ratings are up to date:...

Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, NPR, AP Bias

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...

Media Bias, NPR, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, AllSides, Journalism

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