AllSides study finds left-leaning bias in Google News, other aggregators

An estimated 280 million users depend on Google News, a news aggregator that sources from over 50,000 outlets worldwide. However, a recent study by AllSides Media suggests that these sources might not be as unbiased as users believe.

During a two-week analysis, AllSides discovered that left-leaning sources constituted 63% of Google News content in 2023, a slight increase from 61% in the previous year. Conversely, right-leaning outlets represented 6% in 2023, up from 3% in 2022.

The study also highlighted an imbalance in political coverage, particularly leading up to the 2022 midterm elections. Searches for “election” yielded fewer results from outlets classified as center, right-leaning or right by AllSides.

Right-leaning sources seldom exceeded 12% of search results, except for searches related to the keyword “Biden.”