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Jan 16 2020
Opinion
Donald Trump Jr.: Fake News Destroys Lives, But the Tide May Be Turning
There's a long way to go, but the Covington Kids have struck the first blow in returning accountability to news media.
A year after he and his family's name was dragged through the mud by a social media mob, egged on by fake news, Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann has secured a settlement of his defamation lawsuit against CNN. I hope it's a big one. He deserves it.
Newsmax - OpinionAug 02 2023
Headline Roundup
Jury Gives Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter Death Penalty Sentence
A federal jury on Wednesday decided Robert Bowers, the man who killed 11 people at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, should be sentenced to death.
Details: In June, Bowers was found guilty of 11 counts of “obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death,” a capital offense. During the trial, his lawyer did not dispute that Bower was the gunman but instead
Reuters Washington Examiner Associated PressAug 22 2019
Opinion
Trump, frustrated by unpopularity with Jews, thrusts Israel into his culture war
President Trump decided long ago that it would be smart politics for him to yoke his administration to Israel and to try to brand the Democratic Party as anti-Semitic.
He set about executing a pro-Israel checklist: moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights as part of sovereign Israel, and taking a hard line against Iran. And he promoted himself as the greatest
Guest Writer - LeftSep 05 2023
Headline Roundup
Musk Threatens to Sue Anti-Defamation League Over Ad Revenue Decline
Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League for allegedly working to “kill this platform by falsely accusing it & me of being anti-Semitic.”
Key Quotes: On Monday, Musk indicated a defamation lawsuit against the ADL was imminent. Musk stated that “US advertising revenue is still down 60%, primarily due to pressure on advertisers by
CNN Business The Jerusalem Post New York Post (News)Mar 15 2019
News
Centrists fear socialist tag will cost Democrats the House in 2020
The most endangered House Democrats in next year's election are wary of their more outspoken, liberal colleagues.
The moderate Democrats who delivered the House majority want you to know they’re not Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib or Ilhan Omar.
They haven’t all blindly signed on to the "Green New Deal." They haven't been widely accused of anti-Semitism. They aren't
PoliticoMay 09 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden Warns Israel: No More Offensive Weapons If Rafah Is Invaded
President Joe Biden stated that he would not send additional offensive weapons to Israel if the country went ahead with its invasion of Rafah.
For Context: Since the Oct. 7 attack, Biden has grappled with divisions within his party, with progressive lawmakers advocating for the Palestinian people in Gaza, and pro-Israel lawmakers pushing for Biden to support Israel and address growing
CNN (Online News) Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerDec 18 2023
Headline Roundup
Did Harvard President Claudine Gay Commit Plagiarism in Her Research?
In addition to facing backlash over her congressional testimony earlier this month regarding anti-semitism on college campuses, Harvard President Claudine Gay has now been accused of committing plagiarism in her Ph.D. thesis.
For Context: Following the plagiarism accusations, Gay submitted corrections to two scholarly articles published in 2001 and 2017.
The Accuser’s Words: In
The Boston Globe NewsNation New York Post (Opinion)Dec 07 2023
Headline Roundup
Fact Checking the Fourth 2024 GOP Presidential Primary Debate
Here's what fact-checkers said after the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday night.
Climate Change: USA TODAY Fact Check (Lean Left bias) said businessman Vivek Ramaswamy's claims that the "climate change agenda is a hoax" and that there's been a "98% reduction in climate disaster-related deaths in the last century" are misleading because a "decrease in
Breitbart Fact Check AllSides USA TODAY Fact CheckJun 10 2020
Analysis
America is changing, and so is the media
The media has gone through painful periods of change before. But this time is different.
In January of 1939, the Atlantic published an article entitled “I Married a Jew.” In it, the author set out “to tell the world how it really is between a Jew and a Christian, since the world is evidently so intensely interested.”
She confesses that her husband, though lovely in many respects
VoxFeb 01 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Is Canada’s Freedom Convoy Righteous or Dangerous?
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 Media Bias Chart™. From the CenterA large protest of COVID-19 public health measures led by a group of truck drivers — known as the “Freedom Convoy” — overtook Canada’s capital city of Ottawa over the weekend. Opposite sides of the U.S. political
Henry A. Brechter