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Sep 30 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Martha’s Vineyard Story Reveals Bias in Left and Right Media
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and our AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) recently made headlines when he sent dozens of immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard. The biases of left and right-rated media could be seen in how they covered the story,
Clare AshcraftJun 28 2022
News
The Phantom Hunt for the Supreme Court Leaker
On the menu today, a smorgasbord: Hey, how’s that hunt for the Supreme Court leaker going? Progressive Democrats fume that even with two months’ warning of the Dobbs decision, the Biden administration still seems blindsided and slow-footed. Meanwhile, congressional Democrats’ idea of putting abortion clinics on federal lands in red states faces a slew of financial and logistical hurdles. The
National Review (News)Apr 29 2021
News
Should corporations take a stand on voting rights?
Some of the biggest companies in the United States have taken forceful stances against Georgia's new election law, which contains several restrictions that voting rights groups say will disproportionately affect Black voters.
The CEOs of Coca-Cola and Delta, two of the biggest companies headquartered in Georgia, released statements condemning the law after a sustained pressure campaign
Yahoo! The 360May 18 2021
News
600,000 children, ages 12-15, have received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose
At least 600,000 children, ages 12 to 15, have received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccination, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a media briefing Tuesday.
The count comes just over a week after the Food and Drug Administration greenlighted it for emergency use in this age group, a total of 17 million in
NBC News DigitalAug 17 2021
News
Fed Chair Powell: Delta variant a wildcard for economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the economic impact of the delta variant remains unclear.
"While more people are getting vaccinated, the pace of vaccination has slowed," Powell explained. "A couple of months ago, we were ahead of many other similar countries in vaccination. Now we're falling behind, and one result you're seeing is the current outbreak of the
Fox BusinessApr 13 2022
Analysis
'Short-term thinking': Environmentalists push back on Biden's ethanol expansion
President Joe Biden's plan to reduce the price of gas by allowing the sale of higher-ethanol fuel this summer may make corn farmers and their elected representatives happy. But the move also has irked environmentalists who see ethanol as a climate-change villain.
Biden made his announcement Tuesday during a trip to Iowa, where corn — and ethanol — are crucial to the state economy. He
NBC News DigitalNov 02 2021
News
US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday signed off on the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 just hours after an agency panel OK’d the shot — paving the way for an estimated 28 million young kids to begin getting their jabs as soon as this week.
The final approval comes after a panel of doctors and public-health experts forming the federal Centers for Disease Control
New York Post (News)Jan 27 2022
Analysis
How Biden will choose the next Supreme Court nominee
With today’s reporting that Justice Stephen Breyer intends to retire, we now kick off our analysis of potential nominees to replace him. President Joe Biden previously promised to nominate a Black woman, and we assume he will keep that commitment. Two potential nominees therefore stand apart from all others: Leondra Kruger, a justice on the California Supreme Court, and Ketanji Brown Jackson,
SCOTUSblogDec 28 2021
News
CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines for General Population
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a reversal of a previous recommendation, cut the number of days of isolation for Americans who contract COVID-19 from 10 days to five days regardless of vaccination status.
The agency similarly shortened the time that close contacts of COVID-19 need to quarantine. Authorities with the CDC said that its latest guidance is in
The Epoch TimesJun 17 2022
Fact Check
‘Never Forget Jan. 6’ Gas Price Photos Date from Obama Era
Social media posts with pictures of gas prices and captions urging people to “Never forget January 6th” accurately documented the cost of fuel on the day of the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.
Context
The gas prices pictured in two different shared pictures did not reflect the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline on Jan. 6, 2021. Further, reverse image searches found that
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