Perspectives Blog

On June 24, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the foster care system . But with little coverage on the matter from major news outlets, you might not have read about it in the news, or heard it debated by the Coopers and Hannitys of the media industry...

On June 12, the Department of Health and Human Services reversed an Obama-era rule regarding religious freedom and healthcare access for transgender individuals under the Affordable Care Act. Sources rated as being on either side of the AllSides media bias spectrum reported on the news...

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...

We’re bored. We’re restless. We’ve watched everything good on Netflix. And it’s really nice outside. So therefore we must be healthy. Such is the sublogical thinking that has driven the nature of our country’s re-opening, despite the complete and total lack of evidence that the Covid-19...

Since recent rioting and protesting began in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, media outlets across the spectrum have been accused of many types of bias. While these biases often favor one political party or political movement, some claim that coverage of the unrest...

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Braver Angels . This past December, before the world changed but at a moment when most of the problems that led us here were in full view, I was invited to speak at an event organized by Bishop Omar Jawar of Dallas, Texas, in front of the...

After protests and riots erupted in London over the weekend, seemingly inspired by similar gatherings in the U.S. over alleged racism in policing , some Twitter users pointed out apparent media bias in a BBC headline. “27 police officers injured during largely peaceful anti-racism...

When there’s blood on the streets of American cities, a discussion of polling data may not sound particularly exciting. But especially for those who are grieving the recent tragedies in Minneapolis, Louisville and too many other places, give me just a minute to run through some numbers...

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump and Twitter are feuding over the president's tweets and the social media platform's vetting of them. The president plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at reducing liability...