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Sep 22 2020
Perspectives Blog
NEW AllSides Media Bias Chart: Version 3
Version 3 of the AllSides Media Bias Chart features a number of changes. We changed the bias ratings for a few outlets after surveying over 2,000 people across the political spectrum for our latest Blind Bias Survey and conducting numerous Editorial Reviews to back up our ratings.
Ahead of the U.S presidential election, do you know the political bias of your favorite news source? The
Julie Mastrine
Jul 26 2014
News
Immigrant Children Landing in Every State — Texas Has Most
More than 30,000 children who've poured over the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an unprecedented flood of migrants have been released to sponsors in every state – with Texas receiving 13 percent of them, the highest in the nation, federal data show.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, more than 1,000 children were released in each of 10 states, with Texas receiving
Newsmax (News)
Mar 16 2017
Perspectives Blog
Trump's Budget Plan
The White House released President Trump's budget plan this morning. The budget makes major cuts to the State Department and the EPA, while eliminating funding to the National Endowment for the Arts and 18 other departments. It designates additional funding to the Department of Defense and Homeland Security. The budget proposal is just that, a proposal. It still has to make it's way through John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Sep 20 2012
News
Is the 2012 election tilting toward Democrats?
Either were at a turning point in the 2012 election, or a lot of pollsters are getting it wrong.
The question for the past week-plus has been whether President Obamas convention bounce and a series of stumbles for Mitt Romney have recast the 2012 race.
Some national polls say yes, and a few say no. But more and more, the data at the state level point to some real movement in
Washington Post
Sep 30 2013
News
What Americans think about Obamacare — in 7 charts
Obamacare is front and center Monday, a day before the health-care marketplaces will begin enrolling individuals and as the law sits at the center of a standoff on Capitol Hill over a stopgap spending bill that could produce a government shutdown. A lot of new polling data on Obamacare have been released in recent days. We’ve sifted through the numbers, on the lookout for the most interesting
Washington Post
Mar 28 2019
News
Trump Owns the Economy Now, for Better or Worse
President Trump is getting exactly what he wants on the economy, just as it starts to slow down.
The Federal Reserve has abruptly stopped its march toward higher interest rates, as Mr. Trump demanded. The tax cuts he signed in late 2017 are in full swing. His attempt to rewrite the global rules of trade are underway, and he proclaims himself happy with the array of new tariffs he has
New York Times (News)
Nov 17 2014
News
How the GOP used Twitter to stretch election laws
Republicans and outside groups used anonymous Twitter accounts to share internal polling data ahead of the midterm elections, CNN has learned, a practice that raises questions about whether they violated campaign finance laws that prohibit coordination. The Twitter accounts were hidden in plain sight. The profiles were publicly available but meaningless without knowledge of how to find them
CNN (Online News)
Feb 09 2017
Perspectives Blog
Civility or Free Speech?
At AllSides, we admittedly have a general bias in favor of free speech and civil discourse. So what should we think about Elizabeth Warren's words on the Senate floor and the action to silence her? Senate Rule 19 started 115 years ago in response to a fistfight in the Capitol. Rules in the Senate and in the House are designed to avoid personal attacks to establish a level of civility. However, John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Oct 30 2014
News
Dem turnout machine cranks up
New polls and turnout data in the Democrat must-win states of Iowa, North Carolina and Colorado show the party poised to lose control of the Senate after eight years in command. But the latest Fox News national poll suggests that the blue team, after spending more than a billion dollars and hitting every wedge issue imaginable, may finally be getting some traction in the effort to mobilize its
Fox News (Online News)