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Aug 19 2020
Analysis
Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Shaky Unity of the Democratic National Convention
On Day Two of the Democratic National Convention, the Party’s recent past kept ghosting in and out. Before the networks had even begun their broadcasts, the Party rolled through half a century of its own history: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, from Georgia, and then Caroline Kennedy and her son in front of the unpainted shingles of a Cape Cod home, and, finally, Bill Clinton, sitting on a flowered
The New YorkerAug 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
How Liberals and Conservatives Blindly Rated the Bias of Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and Yahoo News
We asked people across the political spectrum to blindly rate the bias of Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and Yahoo News in our July 2021 AllSides Blind Bias Survey. A total of 1,734 people across the political spectrum blindly rated the bias of content from these news outlets.
The survey confirmed our bias ratings for Breibart (Right), The Guardian
AllSides StaffSep 08 2021
News
Number of children and teens with COVID-19 exceeds 250,000 for first time since start of pandemic, as mask and vaccination fights continue
The number of children and teens suffering from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 exceeded 250,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic in the week through Sept. 2, a worrying trend coming just as they return to school in person.
Data published by the American Academy of Pediatrics showed the number of child cases has been climbing fast through the summer months after
MarketWatchJan 29 2021
News
Rep. Maxine Waters to Hold GameStop Hearing as 'First Step' to Stop 'Abusive Practices'
Democratic California Representative Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, has pledged to convene a hearing to examine "short-selling" and other stock market practices that have recently affected the video game retailer GameStop and other stocks.
This week, members of the subreddit r/WallStreetBets undermined hedge fund and investment firm short-sellers
NewsweekJan 12 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: AP and Reuters’ Fact Checks on “Mass Formation Psychosis”
From the Right
Two recent fact checks by the Associated Press Fact Check (Lean Left) and Reuters Fact Check (Center) recently drew a lot of attention on Twitter. The outlets quoted psychologists who said “mass formation psychosis,” a concept that rose to prominence when cited by Dr. Robert Malone in a recent interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, is an unfounded theory. The fact checks
Julie MastrineMay 04 2021
Analysis
What’s Next for the Most Committed Anti-Trump Republican?
Liz Cheney sees a winning strategy where none of her conference colleagues will go.
On Monday morning, a political action committee for Donald Trump—a film extra who served as president of the United States from 2017 to 2021—released a statement saying that “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!” The rebranding edict was
SlateFeb 02 2020
News
The fact-checker’s dilemma: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
Something is rotten in the state of American political life. The U.S. (among other nations) is increasingly characterized by highly polarized, informationally insulated ideological communities occupying their own factual universes.
Within the conservative political blogosphere, global warming is either a hoax or so uncertain as to be unworthy of response. Within other geographic or
May 05 2021
News
Trump seen as likely to run in 2024; Facebook ban enrages GOP
Sources close to Donald Trump believe he’s increasingly likely to run in 2024 — and that was even before the Facebook Oversight Board inflamed conservatives by upholding the ban on the former president.
Why it matters: Trump and his inner circle view Facebook reinstatement as crucial to his political comeback. The independent Oversight Board's decision, which gives the company six
AxiosOct 12 2021
News
Obama to campaign for McAuliffe in Virginia
Former President Obama will campaign with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe later this month ahead of the state's off-year election.
Obama will join McAuliffe on Oct. 23 in Richmond.
The news comes after McAuliffe's campaign announced that first lady Jill Biden and former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will campaign with
The HillSep 22 2020
News
Replacing RBG: In looming Senate battle, both sides race to the brink
Think politics and fairness belong in the same sphere? Our reporters look at how hardball tactics may be putting party over country in the Supreme Court succession battle.
The battle to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is shaping up to be a defining moment in politics – a titanic struggle that could shift a presidential election and produce enormous
Christian Science Monitor