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May 05 2022
Perspectives Blog
Live Blog: Tracking Ukraine Fact Checking, Misinformation and Fake News
5/12/22: Coverage on this blog has ended. For the latest balanced news coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, check out our Ukraine war page.
This blog will feature constant updates on misinformation, fake news, fact-checking, unconfirmed stories, disputed claims and statistics, and examples of propaganda and disinformation relating to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. If you
AllSides StaffJul 21 2017
Headline Roundup
Sean Spicer Resigns
Sean Spicer has resigned as the White House Press Secretary. He reportedly took issue with President Trump appointing Anthony Scaramucci, a New York financier, as the next communications director.
New York Times (News) Bloomberg Fox News (Online News)Feb 28 2020
Analysis
The Wrong Trump
With the coronavirus in the air, we need the version who’s not afraid to attack the problem.
The wrong Donald Trump has shown up to deal with the coronavirus. One might have expected Donald Trump, a germophobe who spent much of his campaign lambasting the Chinese, to take an aggressive approach on the Wuhan virus. You’d expect the Trump who breaks taboos and shuts things down until “our
Michael Brendan DoughertyApr 29 2020
Analysis
The sexual allegations against Joe Biden: The corroborators
“When journalists write about incidents that occurred long ago, especially serious allegations such as sexual misconduct, a key goal is to find people who will say that they heard about the incident at the time.”
That’s what we wrote back in 2016, when we first put together a list of the allegations of sexual misconduct against former president Bill Clinton and then-candidate Donald
Washington PostJun 25 2023
Headline Roundup
Snopes Walks Back Claim that Titanic Sub Used Elon Musk’s Starlink
Fact-checker Snopes (Lean Left bias) suggested Elon Musk’s Starlink was partially to blame for the loss of communication with the OceanGate sub, before updating the claim.
The Details: Snopes claimed the sub was using Starlink’s satellite internet services to access the internet while on the expedition, but said it did “not know how much Starlink is responsible for the loss of contact
Mediaite Vice Fox News (Online News)Jun 11 2012
News
Supreme Court Saves Best for Last
As usual, the Supreme Court, although less than three weeks away from the end of its term, is in no hurry to decide its big cases. Monday, the court issued just one opinion, in a relatively little-followed case. Among the remaining cases to be decided in the 2011-12 term:
Broadcast indecency: The court is weighing whether fines levied by the Federal Communications Commission against
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 18 2015
News
There Is No Difference Between Bush And Walker On Immigration
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has run into a little bit of trouble on immigration again, this time forcing a communications aide off his staff after Democrats pushed out old tweets from the aide disparaging Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a well-known opponent of amnesty.
"In other news, I see Iowa is once again embarrassing itself, and the GOP, this morning. Thanks, guys," the aide, Liz Mair
TownhallDec 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Election Controversies, Voting Issues Remain In Spotlight
More than a year later, the aftermath of the 2020 election still looms large, and the electoral process remains a hot-button issue nationwide. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot voted this week to hold Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the probe. The full House voted 222-208 to
AllSides StaffFeb 26 2015
News
FCC Turns Internet Into a Public Utility
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to change how the Internet is regulated in the most consequential decision of its kind since the Internet’s creation. By a 3-2 vote along party lines, FCC commissioners endorsed “net neutrality.” Now Internet service providers will be prohibited from creating “fast lanes” for certain content providers, e.g. Comcast speeding up Netflix
Daily BeastMay 26 2020
Perspectives Blog
Are Masks — and Germs — The Newest Political Weapons?
This year, Memorial Day was a metaphor. When Donald Trump and Joe Biden both went to pay their respects to the nation’s war dead on Monday (separate ceremonies, of course), Biden wore a mask and Trump did not. Their respective decisions reflected the growing and increasingly nasty debate as to how we should conduct ourselves during a pandemic, and demonstrated that germs, infection and disease
Dan Schnur