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Story of the Week: Congress, Trump Unite to Pass $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus

Story of the Week / March 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Updated 3/27/2020 at 4:54 p.m. ET: President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law Friday afternoon, aimed at stabilizing the economy and American life amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak...

Story Of The Week, Economic Policy, Economy And Jobs, Federal Budget, Coronavirus

Media Bias Alert: Coronavirus and Sensationalism

Bias / March 21st, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

The COVID-19 coronavirus has left many Americans housebound with little to do except keep their eyes on the news, anxious for any sign that the pandemic may be slowing. The tidal wave of reporting on the virus and President Trump's response is a reminder to remain diligent about spotting...

Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, Conservatives

Love in the Time of Corona

Recommended Reading / March 20th, 2020 / By Shannon Mannon

Staring down our vulnerability hurts in the forgotten places. Who knew the dial of these anxious times would suddenly be cranked up to 11? How are you? Really? Stretching today after my early morning run, my face brushed against burgeoning green clover. Wet dew. I inhaled musty early-...

Coronavirus, Bridging Divides, Living Room Conversations

Story of the Week: Coronavirus Response Poised To Cost Trillions

Story of the Week / March 20th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

President Donald Trump's administration and Congress have been working to pass a series of stimulus packages and response measures to combat the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus . The packages — which are likely to cost over $1 trillion in total — would account for hundreds of billions...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Public Health, Economic Policy, Economy And Jobs, Banking And Finance

Clicks Over Ethics: Andrew Gillum, Media Bias and Sensationalism

News / March 17th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

How should the media cover possible drug overdoses? What about when a former candidate for governor is present at the scene, heavily intoxicated, and possibly cheating on his wife? Sensationalism, a type of media bias , was visible far and wide after former Florida Democratic...

Media Bias, Media Industry, Democratic Party, Florida

Fake News? Trump Tweets Video of Biden Appearing to Endorse Him

Bias / March 13th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

If you can remember a time before the media was oversaturated with coronavirus news, it was just over a week ago that President Trump retweeted a video of Joe Biden at a campaign rally appearing to endorse him. The video, which CNN (Lean Left media bias) called “dishonestly edited,” was...

Media Bias, Fake News, Donald Trump, Joe Biden

Story of the Week: Spread of Coronavirus Grips US, Stuns Stock Market

Story of the Week / March 12th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has sent shockwaves through the U.S., closing schools, suspending entire sporting seasons and contributing to a brutal week for the stock market. President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office Wednesday, announcing a 30-day ban on...

Coronavirus, Story Of The Week, Public Health, Economy And Jobs, Banking And Finance

Non-Citizens Influenced the Primaries, Earning Praise from Left Media, Critique from Right

Bias / March 11th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

As the United States enters a chaotic election season, media outlets on the left and right offered very different perspectives on how non-citizen activism might play a role in the 2020 election. Ahead of Super Tuesday, a headline from Breitbart (which AllSides gives a Right media bias...

Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, Conservatives, Immigration, Illegal Immigration, 2020 Election

Living in a News Filter Bubble During Coronavirus

News / March 9th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

You stroll into work on Monday, fresh off another much-too-short weekend. As you toss your jacket on the chair, your cubicle neighbor pitches their routine small-talk: “Read the news this weekend?” Of course you did. But which news? If you’re like many Americans, you may get your news...

Public Health, Media Bias, Media Industry, Coronavirus, Polarization

Social Transformation through Self Transformation: John Wood, Jr. at Visionaries Summit

Bias / March 9th, 2020 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Better Angels national leader John Wood, Jr. delivers a passionate address to The Visionaries Summit in Sacramento, California on the power of personal transformation to effect social change through Martin Luther King, Jr.’s principles of non-violence. John Wood Jr. is a national leader...

Story of the Week: Biden Shines On Super Tuesday

Story of the Week / March 7th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Fresh off a rejuvenating primary win in South Carolina on Saturday, former Vice President Joe Biden won 10 of 14 states on Super Tuesday 2020, cementing himself as an apparent frontrunner for the Democratic nomination alongside Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Biden's surge was coupled with...

Story Of The Week, Elections, 2020 Election, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren

Boos Toward a Republican at a Mindfulness Conference — Good Humor or Hateful?

Bias / March 6th, 2020 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Last year, Joan Blades and I spoke at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco, an inspiring event that merges mindfulness and ageless wisdom with modern technology and society. It was an extraordinary event and going on again right now. I highly recommend it. Being the lone Republican...

Political Polarization, Media Bias, San Francisco

Political Diversity and the Wisdom of Boos

Bias / March 5th, 2020 / By Brandon Rennels

Editor's Note: See John Gable's take on this event here . Over the past decade I’ve been a regular attendee at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. It’s an annual gathering that brings together thousands of like-minded and like-hearted people, and features a marvelous array of...

San Francisco, Political Polarization, Polarization, Diversity

The 2020 Elections

News / March 4th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Updated May 2 at 5:25 p.m. ET Note: In addition to live election updates below, AllSides provides balanced news and information on the top candidates: former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and current President Donald Trump (R). For all the latest balanced news on elections, visit our...

Elections, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, Bill Weld, Tulsi Gabbard

Story of the Week: Coronavirus Sounds Global Alarm

Story of the Week / February 27th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

The spread of a new coronavirus has sparked fears of a global pandemic, as stock markets suffer and new cases of the disease emerge both in the United States and abroad. The Center for Disease Control confirmed the first U.S. case of "unknown origin" Wednesday following days of...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Healthcare, Public Health, Disease

Beyond Left vs Right: 14 Types of Ideological Bias

Bias / February 27th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Authoritarianism versus libertarianism, localism versus globalism, traditionalism versus progressivism — bias is not just about left versus right. The AllSides left-to-right media bias scale doesn’t tell the full story about political ideology. In fact, the words "liberal" and "...

AllSides Media Bias Chart, Media Bias, Ideological Bias

Study of Media Bias Prompts Split Definitions, Partisan Debate

News / February 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

An upcoming study slated to appear in Science Advances sought to examine if the political ideologies of journalists have any impact on their work. Its results — and what they mean beyond the title — have added fuel to the ongoing and often misinformed debate over how ideological biases...

Media Bias, Liberal Media Bias, AllSides

Story of the Week: Attorney General William Barr Under Microscope

Story of the Week / February 22nd, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Attorney General William Barr has recently been the center of controversy, following several disputed decisions by the Justice Department and a disagreement about social media between President Donald Trump and Barr, the nation's chief law enforcement official. Public controversy began...

Story Of The Week, William Barr, Justice Department, Donald Trump, Roger Stone

Media Bias Divides Coverage of Klobuchar's Bill Maher Appearance

Bias / February 18th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

A recent height comparison of U.S. politicians spurred the latest example of media bias, differing narratives on either side of the party line, and a journalistic laziness that, when sanctioned, can cater to misinformation. Minnesota Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar (D...

Media Bias, Amy Klobuchar, Elections, 2020 Election, Campaign Rhetoric

Help Rate Media Bias! Take the Survey

Bias / February 18th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Help AllSides rate media bias by taking our blind bias survey ! You'll be asked to assess whether content from popular media outlets is biased to the left, center, or right. It should take about 5 minutes. We're seeking people from all over the political spectrum to rate the bias of news...

Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, Blind Bias Survey

Perspectives Blog

Government Shutdown: Tracking Updates, Media Bias and More