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Story of the Week: Trump is 3rd U.S. President to be Impeached

Story of the Week / December 20th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

The House of Representatives voted in favor of two articles to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday night. Trump joins Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as the only other U.S. presidents to be impeached, and will now face a Senate trial to determine if he'll remain in office. Article 1...

Story Of The Week, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Impeachment, Congress

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...

Media Bias, Journalism, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Donald Trump

Story of the Week: Horowitz Testifies on Probe of FBI's Trump Investigation

Story of the Week / December 14th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Justice Department watchdog Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday on his findings in investigating the origins of the FBI probe into President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. Horowitz's report concluded that no one was vindicated;...

Story Of The Week, FBI, Russia Investigation, Donald Trump, William Barr, Robert Mueller

A Democrat, A Republican, and The Open Road

Bias / December 11th, 2019 / By AllSides Staff

Editor's Note: This blog post originally appeared on Better Angels . What happens when a liberal and a conservative decide to jump into an old Volvo and drive across the country? Jordan Blashek and Christopher Haugh share the story of their friendship, their travels, and how their journey...

Media Bias, Podcast

Story of the Week: Kamala Harris Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race

Story of the Week / December 9th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) officially ended her 2020 presidential campaign on Tuesday. Harris reportedly told supporters in an email that her campaign "simply doesn't have the financial resources we need to continue." The senator freshman will be up for re-election in 2022. Commentators...

Kamala Harris, Presidential Elections, Election 2020, Story Of The Week, Democratic Party

Media Bias Update: Bloomberg News Announces It Will Not Investigate Democratic Candidates

Bias / December 3rd, 2019 / By AllSides Staff

In November 2019, after Bloomberg News owner Michael Bloomberg entered the 2020 presidential race, the news outlet announced that it would not do investigative reporting on Bloomberg or any of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. It is an apparent admission that the organization...

Bloomberg, Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings

Happy Thanksgiving from AllSides!

Story of the Week / November 29th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Each November, Thanksgiving brings people together to share company, food, gratitude — and a whole lot of thoughts and opinions. Sometimes, chats with family and friends can turn a warm environment cold if the wrong topic comes up. Here's five ways you can handle those tough political...

Story Of The Week, Thanksgiving, Holidays

Twitter Suspends Journalist, Because Defining “Hate Speech” is Harder Than You’d Think

Bias / November 27th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

On Nov. 25, Twitter temporarily suspended Andy Ngo , a journalist known for documenting political violence, due to a tweet he sent to Chelsea Clinton. The suspension is a case study in differing definitions of “ hate speech ” on the left and right. Last week, Clinton retweeted the Human...

Journalism, Hate Speech, Twitter, Social Media, Censorship

As News Grows on Social Media, Trust Shrinks

News / November 26th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Social media has become an epicenter for up-to-the-minute news on just about everything. Predictably, like many of the speed and convenience driven habits society has recently adopted, it’s not very healthy. And while people seem to see that, it’s not enough to stop them from scrolling...

Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Facebook, Big Tech, Journalism

Story of the Week: In Testimony, Gordon Sondland Talks Ukraine Quid Pro Quo

Story of the Week / November 22nd, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the Eurpoean Union, testified publicly Wednesday in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Sondland's statements gave new insight on the alleged "quid pro quo" between Trump and Ukraine; he gave credence to the allegations, saying "...

Story Of The Week, Gordon Sondland, Impeachment, Ukraine, Donald Trump

Media Bias Watch: How Media Sensationalism Can Alter Our Reality

Bias / November 21st, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

It's probably not a stretch to say most of us would prefer to come to our own conclusions about events, rather than being told what to think. But when we don’t know how to spot media bias , we may end up being swayed or manipulated in one direction or the other. A video shared on social...

Media Bias

Story of the Week: Supreme Court Hears DACA Case

Story of the Week / November 15th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Tracking impeachment: The first publicly televised hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump were held Tuesday, as former diplomat Bill Taylor offered investigators new details of Trump's engagement with Ukraine. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) came before the...

Story Of The Week, Supreme Court, Immigration, DACA, Dreamers, Donald Trump, Barack Obama

Media Bias Alert: Coverage of Don Cherry's Firing Differs on Left and Right

Bias / November 13th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Longtime TV personality Don Cherry, considered by many to be a legendary personality due to his 38-year career, was fired by Sportsnet Monday after he said not enough people (or immigrants, depending on whom you ask) in Toronto wear poppies to honor veterans on Remembrance Day. The...

Media Bias, Don Cherry, Cancel Culture, Culture War, Race And Racism, Political Correctness

Teaching Children to Resolve Conflict: Q&A with "Two Tribes "Author Tyler Storlie

News / November 8th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Earlier this summer, we wrote about a new children's book, Two Tribes , that exposes the dangers of political polarization and shows that solutions and compromises are both possible and necessary for humans to thrive and get along in peace. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Two...

Media Bias, Political Polarization, Polarization

Story of the Week: State Elections Prompt 2020 Speculation

Story of the Week / November 8th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Tracking impeachment: President Trump called for the whistleblower to testify publicly, as televised hearings on the impeachment inquiry are scheduled to begin next week with three high-profile testimonies. Tuesday's gubernatorial and legislative elections in key states including Kentucky...

Story Of The Week, Election 2020, Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, Matt Bevin

Beyond Depolarization: What Our Movement is Becoming

Bias / November 6th, 2019 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Better Angels . Better Angels and other individuals and organizations have been working hard to depolarize American politics. But can the movement to depolarize America break into the mainstream? Or is it transforming into something that...

Media Bias, Polarization, Political Polarization

Podcast: The Effects of Political Polarization on Our Culture

Bias / November 4th, 2019 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Better Angels . Bret Weinstein is a professor of evolutionary biology. He was at the center of the moral panic at Evergreen State College in May of 2017, after which time his public commentary led him to a place of prominence in the cross-...

Political Polarization, Civil Discourse

Story of the Week: ISIS Leader Killed In U.S. Raid

Story of the Week / November 1st, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Tracking impeachment: Two diplomats testified before impeachment investigators Wednesday about President Donald Trump's attitude toward the Ukraine, while the House of Representatives voted 232-196 Thursday morning to move forward with the impeachment inquiry. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader...

Story Of The Week, ISIS, Terrorism, United States, Donald Trump, Military, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

When Presidents Abuse Their Power: Impeachment, Criticism, or Pass?

News / October 31st, 2019 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Has Donald Trump abused his power ? How do his actions stack up to other Presidents in recent history? When people have thought a President used his office for personal gain or to unfairly advance his own political career, things have turned chaotic. Here are some top examples of alleged...

Impeachment, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon

Major Shifts in American Attitudes on Unbiased News and Civility

Bias / October 30th, 2019 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Despite the overwhelming division and non-stop crisis apparent in the media — from impeachment to Syria to threats to our democratic institutions — it's not all doom and gloom. We've got some good news — news so core to our mission that we decided to share with all of our friends...

Media Bias, Civil Discourse, Civility, AllSides

Perspectives Blog

‘Anti-Israel Agitators’: Fox News Uses Unique Language to Describe Gaza Protesters