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Jun 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
The History of American Media Bias Part 4: 1950s-2000s
Click here for Part 1 of this series: The Press in Colonial America and Creation of the 1st Amendment, Part 2: The 1800s, and Part 3: the 1900s-1950s.
Today, we hold journalists and media outlets accountable to a journalistic code of ethics and a set of standards, which include truth, transparency, and objectivity. When journalism strays from objective fact, the result is media bias
Micaela RicaforteAug 20 2020
News
The Senate Intelligence Committee's Report on Russian Interference
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee released its final report on Russian election interference on Tuesday, August 18th.The document, which approaches 1,000 pages, was based on interviews with 200 Abridge NewsApr 12 2019
News
Julian Assange Arrested
“British police dragged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of Ecuador’s embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to the United States… the U.S. Justice Department said Assange was charged with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of a 2010 leak by WikiLeaks of
The Flip SideFeb 09 2022
Perspectives Blog
New forms of advertising raise questions about journalism integrity
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Michelle A. Amazeen, an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Boston University. The writer's bias has not been rated.
Mainstream news media outlets have, in recent years, begun to create advertisements that look like news articles on their
"The Conversation" ContributorJan 23 2020
Opinion
Impeachment Doesn’t Require a Crime
Senate Republicans, by and large, have reached an unspoken consensus about President Trump and Ukraine. He should not have put a temporary freeze on congressionally authorized aid to Ukraine, should not have dabbled with using the aid to get Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden or a nutty theory about Ukrainian hacking during the 2016 election, and should not have kept defending his “perfect call
National Review (News)Jul 02 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Iran and the Levers of Global Power
In the current American–Iran stand-off are a number of global players. That is hardly new, but what is novel is that, for the first time in decades, there’s almost no power that can obstruct or alter U.S. efforts to confront Iranian aggressions in America’s own time and fashion.
In other words, the United States is almost immune from the sort of pressures that usually coalesce to
Victor HansonJun 21 2019
Opinion
OPINION: A Complete Clownshow — With a Few Notable Exceptions
There are actually things Congress could be doing, you know.
Things which are of more value than putting on demagogic expositions like allowing Sheila Jackson-Lee, the utterly moronic Democrat congresswoman from the slums of Houston, to stage a hearing on the urgent necessity of paying reparations to the black community for slavery.
This wasn’t a hearing to discuss a true
Guest Writer - RightFeb 03 2021
Perspectives Blog
The History of American Media Bias, Pt. 1: The 1700s
Today, we hold journalists and media outlets accountable to journalistic code of ethics and a set of standards, which include truth, transparency, and objectivity. When journalism strays from objective fact, the result is biased news. And though it takes different forms in the digital age, this media bias is far from new.
Political bias has been present in journalism since
Micaela RicaforteJun 14 2019
News
The view from one of the last abortion clinics in Louisiana
Access to abortion has been declining dramatically in many parts of the United States. This story looks at some of the human stories behind that trend.
He’s provided abortions for nearly 40 years. Now, the man known in court documents as “Dr. John Doe 1” – or “Doe” for short – is ready to retire and wondering whether anyone will be around to take his place. There are one or two local
Christian Science MonitorDec 11 2023
Headline Roundup
Netanyahu Calls on Hamas Forces to Surrender
With Israeli forces reportedly detaining hundreds of militants, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas fighters to surrender.
Key Quotes: “It is the beginning of the end of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Hamas chief Yahya] Sinwar. Surrender now,” Netanyahu said. Meanwhile, Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said “fascist” Israel would not retake
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