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Aug 02 2018
Perspectives Blog
What Type of Follower Are You?
Since I saw this YouTube video on The First Follower, I’ve been fascinated by who follows whom, and why? We often see analyses of various leadership styles—but why do we follow people with one or two styles but not others? Could our follower-style be the real difference between success and failure of our country? Together, leaders and followers work in tandem to co-create our future. Labels are Debilyn Molineaux
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Energy
Find balanced information and learn how the Left, Right and Center think differently about Energy.
Dec 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Weekly United News Roundup: Early Dec. Polls Found Americans of All Political Stripes Strongly Supported A New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
Plus, a bipartisan “908 Coalition” and increased openness toward the vaccine
Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Sunday night.
Polls conducted in early December found the desire for a new stimulus bill was shared among Democrats and Republicans alike. Republican enthusiasm somewhat lagged that of Democrats, but Republicans still
James Coan
Aug 18 2023
Headline Roundup
US, South Korea, Japan Deepen Ties at Camp David Summit
President Joe Biden met with the leaders of South Korea and Japan at Camp David on Friday. The trilateral summit “reaffirmed that cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the ROK advances the security and prosperity of our people, the Indo-Pacific region, and the world.”
Details: According to a White House press release, the new partnership affirms a commitment between the
Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal (News)
Axios
Sep 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
The Economist’s Analysis of Facebook Media Bias Misses the Mark
A recent examination of media bias on Facebook caught our eye here at AllSides. It is an important topic and we found the report to be interesting, but we also found some problems with it that lead to invalid conclusions.
We’ve identified a number of flaws in the methodology used in a report from The Economist, "Facebook offers a distorted view of American news," which says Facebook may
AllSides Staff
Aug 01 2019
Perspectives Blog
Second Democratic Debate Reveals CNN Media Bias
The second round of the Democratic debates, held Tuesday and Wednesday nights in Detroit, revealed media bias on the part of CNN and its moderators. AllSides tracked how many direct questions and follow-up questions were asked of each candidate and found a clear bias.
Former Vice President Joe Biden led all 20 participants in percentage of total questions fielded — he was asked 23.6% of
Julie Mastrine
Feb 02 2017
Perspectives Blog
Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court
President Trump named his nominee to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court this week, Neil Gorsuch. While the country reacts to the announcement, Senate Democrats are still thinking about the appointment of Merrick Garland and are considering filibustering the vote on Gorsuch, which would delay or block it completely. According to some, the nuclear option is on the table, which would allow Senator John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Dec 27 2012
News
U.S. jobless claims fall to a 5-year low
The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 in the week ended Dec. 22. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell to a nearly five-year low of 356,750. Still,
Fox News Digital
Apr 08 2020
Headline Roundup
In Some Areas, Coronavirus has Hit Minorities Harder
Reporting and analysis from many major news outlets has focused on how the COVID-19 coronavirus could be affecting minority groups at a disproportionate rate. Some evidence shows minorities dying at significantly higher rates in certain regions; data from other states, such as California, does not. Many of the datasets in question are limited or incomplete in some way.
The issue has
The Hill
Townhall
Los Angeles Times
Jun 03 2016
Opinion
The Jobs Report Is Not Quite as Terrible as It Looks
Well, that stunk.
The latest employment report — typically the most timely and accurate measure of the state of the business cycle — suggests that the economy is slowing. Employers added only 38,000 jobs in May, and revisions suggest that they created 59,000 fewer jobs over the previous two months than initial estimates suggested.
It is worth bearing in mind that this is noisy
New York Times (News)