AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
May 15 2021
Fact Check
Posts draw misleading comparison between Colonial Pipeline hack and unfounded election fraud claims
The claim: Colonial Pipeline hack proves election infrastructure could have been hacked Communities along the East Coast continue to face gas shortages after the Colonial Pipeline Co. fell victim to a cybersecurity attack.
Social media users are using the breach to resurrect unfounded claims about election fraud.
“If you can hack a pipeline, you can hack a voting machine,” claims
USA TODAYNov 13 2020
News
More than 130 Secret Service officers reportedly under coronavirus quarantine
More than 130 Secret Service officers are quarantining due to positive coronavirus tests or exposure to a co-worker who has tested positive, the Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: Officials told the Post that they believe the cases at least partly stem from President Trump's run of campaign rallies before Election Day. The number of officers forced off-duty — roughly 10% of its
AxiosMar 31 2021
News
GOP lawmakers grill Google, Apple and Amazon over Parler shutdowns
Two top Republican lawmakers demanded information from Google, Apple and Amazon on Wednesday over their takedowns of Parler in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot, arguing in a letter that the popular-among-conservatives social network didn’t receive “procedural fairness.”
A gathering storm: The move ratchets up pressure on the companies to disclose details about the decisions that could help
PoliticoMar 06 2021
Analysis
Zoom isn’t carbon-free. The climate costs of staying home.
The pandemic has changed the way we live, work, learn, and socialize. For many, it’s forced daily activities online, and when people do log off and go outside, some have seen a world healing – smog clearing over cities, stars looking brighter, and wildlife returning to old habitats.
These observations reinforced a common belief that a digital world is an eco-friendly world. Experts say
Christian Science MonitorSep 29 2021
Perspectives Blog
Where AllSides Team Members Fall on the Political Spectrum
Everyone is biased — that is one of the core beliefs here at AllSides. The best way to provide credible, balanced news is to have people with different political biases and leanings work together, supporting systems to reliably provide more balanced coverage.
That is what we do at AllSides. To create balanced, unbiased news and trustworthy media bias ratings, AllSides has a politically
Julie MastrineJan 09 2021
News
Free Speech Platform Gab Reports 750% Increase in Traffic
Gab.com, the free speech friendly social network, says traffic has increased by more than 750 percent in the past few days, following the blacklisting of President Donald Trump from most mainstream tech platforms.
“Our traffic is up 753% in the past 24 hours. Tens of millions of visits,” said Gab in response to a question about slow loading speeds.
Breitbart NewsAug 05 2020
News
Partisan eruptions at antifa hearing leave witnesses doubtful Congress will act
Witnesses at a recent Senate hearing who testified about antifa's role in stirring aggressive protests and riots in Portland, Oregon, say their call for federal action may be ignored due to process issues in the proceeding that left Senate Democrats fuming.
Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, on Tuesday, led the three-hour hearing of his judiciary subcommittee, “The Right of the People
Washington ExaminerOct 23 2021
News
A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases.
One judge said she believed the testimony of a Bronx defendant’s 64-year-old mother more than that of the two New York City police officers who arrested him.
Another said she didn’t buy the testimony of an officer and his colleagues, concluding that they had stopped a car not because they’d seen its occupants break any laws but because it was driven by “three young men of color.”
ProPublicaMar 15 2019
News
49 killed in terrorist attack at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand
Forty-nine people are dead and scores more are injured after a heavily armed gunman clad in military-style gear opened fire during prayers at a mosque in the center of Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. A second mosque was also targeted in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a well-planned “terrorist attack,” making for “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
Portions of the
Washington PostJun 02 2021
News
Trump blog page shuts down for good
Former President Donald Trump’s blog — a webpage where he shared statements after larger social media companies banned him from their platforms — has been permanently shut down, his spokesman said Wednesday.
The page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been scrubbed from Trump’s website after going live less than a month earlier.
It “will not be returning,” his senior aide
CNBC