AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Mar 05 2021
News
Controlling the spread of misinformation
Misinformation on COVID-19 is so pervasive that even some patients dying from the disease still say it’s a hoax. In March 2020, nearly 30% of U.S. adults believed the Chinese government created the coronavirus as a bioweapon (Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 263, 2020) and in June, a quarter believed the outbreak was intentionally planned by people in power (Pew Research Center, 2020).
American Psychological AssociationSep 27 2017
News
WaPo Messed Up a Key Detail in Major Story on Obama, Facebook, and Russia
The Washington Post was forced to correct a major error in its “blockbuster” front-page story Monday titled "Obama sought to prod Facebook on Russia role."
Facebook clarified that when the former president did reach out to the tech giant about political disinformation campaigns on the site during the 2016 election, he never called out Russia specifically, which makes their initial
TownhallFeb 04 2021
News
Did AOC Exaggerate the Danger She Was in During Capitol Riot?
In the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to Instagram Live on Feb. 1, to relay her personal account of how the events of that day had traumatized her.
One theme covered in her retelling of those events was how her past experiences with trauma, particularly surviving sexual assault, had compounded her fear
SnopesJul 13 2021
News
On TikTok, audio gives new virality to misinformation
In December, a Wisconsin man who goes by the username the_alpha_k9 on TikTok uploaded a testimonial-style video to the platform, telling his thousands of followers that he wouldn’t be taking a Covid-19 vaccine.
“You’re telling me in 40 years of research there is no vaccine for HIV … for cancer, no vaccine ... the common cold, no vaccine,” he said. “Yet in one year we’ve developed a
NBC News (Online)Mar 17 2021
Analysis
The Organization Trying to Save QAnon Believers Is Falling Apart
When a viral video caught one of the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, chasing a police officer up a flight of stairs, he was wearing a QAnon T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Trust the plan.”
Even after he was arrested three days later and charged with six federal counts including assaulting a police officer, Doug Jensen, 41, still described himself as a QAnon “true
ViceMar 30 2013
News
Three Years On, States Still Struggle With Health Care Law Messaging
After all the acrimony and debate many Americans still dont know whether their states are going to expand Medicaid or set up health care exchanges. A lot of the confusion over the Affordable Care Act comes in part from a commanding misinformation and disinformation campaign.
NPR (Online News)Sep 07 2020
Opinion
The Donald Trump I Know
I had never met Donald Trump when I began serving in his White House. I took the job expecting that I would never meet him. My (former) role—head of communications at the National Security Council—is not one whose occupant traditionally interacts with the president all that much (my immediate predecessor notwithstanding). The NSC comms director’s “principal,” as we say in the flak trade, is
American GreatnessFeb 27 2020
News
Obama demands pro-Trump group's ad be pulled in South Carolina
Former President Obama's attorneys say they plan to file a cease-and-desist letter over a pro-Trump group's television ad in South Carolina that attacks former Vice President Joe Biden by using a portion of Obama's book out of context.
Obama is also demanding that all South Carolina television stations immediately stop running the ad from the Committee to Defend the President, which is
The HillJun 02 2020
News
Should Politicians be Exempt from Fact-Checks on Facebook?
After the 2016 Presidential election, Facebook was widely criticized for the spike of misinformation and disinformation that spread on its platform. The most popular fake news stories on Facebook were shared more widely than the most popular mainstream news stories. While Facebook has since taken steps to update its fact checking and speech policies, they clarified that politicians would be
The ThreadJun 02 2020
Background
Should Politicians be Exempt from Fact-Checks on Facebook?
After the 2016 Presidential election, Facebook was widely criticized for the spike of misinformation and disinformation that spread on its platform. The most popular fake news stories on Facebook were shared more widely than the most popular mainstream news stories. While Facebook has since taken steps to update its fact checking and speech policies, they clarified that politicians would be
The Thread