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Feb 23 2022
Perspectives Blog
6 Ways Fact Checkers are Biased
Last updated May 19, 2023
When conducted properly, fact-checking can be used by the public to cut through the polarization around an issue and get right to the facts. But if you look more closely, many fact checks are biased, imbalanced, or incomplete. Why? Fact checks often exhibit as much bias as regular news articles and analyses. Fact checker bias is revealed by the claims they
AllSides StaffAug 31 2020
News
Wisconsin's Gov. Tony Evers tells Trump not to visit Kenosha
President Trump is not welcome in Wisconsin, at least not if you're asking Gov. Tony Evers.
Evers, a Democrat who has been critical of Trump, urged the president to reconsider traveling on Tuesday to Kenosha, where recent protests against police brutality have exploded into deadly riots in recent days.
“I, along with other community leaders who have reached out, are concerned
Fox News (Online News)May 15 2020
Opinion
Covid-19 Reality Has a Liberal Bias
Unfortunately, the virus doesn’t care about political spin.
On Tuesday, the U.S. government’s top experts warned that Covid-19 was by no means under control, and that premature easing of social distancing could have disastrous consequences. As far as I can tell, their view is shared by almost all epidemiologists.
But they were shouting into the wind. Clearly, the Trump
Paul KrugmanMar 06 2020
News
Blowout: U.S. Economy Added 273,000 Jobs in February
The great American jobs creation machine is firing on all cylinders, with February’s jobs figures showing far more strength than expected and both January and December being raised higher than previously reported.
The U.S. economy added 273,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 percent, the government said Friday.
Economists had forecast 175,000
Breitbart NewsMay 14 2020
News
Nearly 3 million Americans file for unemployment, bringing total to over 36 million
A total of 2,981,000 more Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the total number of jobless claims filed amid the coronavirus pandemic to more than 36 million, according to the Department of Labor.
Since late March, millions of Americans have lost their jobs as states shuttered their economies to stop the virus's spread. New unemployment filings peaked at a
ABC News (Online)Mar 04 2020
News
Michael Bloomberg Ends Presidential Bid, Endorses Joe Biden
Michael Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign Wednesday after failing to persuade Democratic voters he was the best choice to defeat President Donald Trump despite record spending that topped a half-billion dollars.
In a statement, Bloomberg said he was endorsing Joe Biden.
“I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the
BloombergOct 09 2012
News
Study: Unemployment Discussion Differs By Swing State
Since the beginning of the Great Recession, unemployment has driven much of the national conversation, and with good reason.
Even as the stock market has recovered, the struggles of ordinary Americans in the job market continues, with the latest unemployment report showing the jobless rate finally dipping below 8 percent for the first time since early 2009.
But
NPR (Online News)May 12 2020
Opinion
Donald Trump Has No Plan
Thousands are dying each week, the economy is cratering, and the president is at a total loss.
It’s been 111 days since the first reported case of the coronavirus in the United States. It’s been 57 days since President Trump issued social-distancing guidelines, and 12 days since they expired.
Yet the Trump administration still has no plan for dealing with the global pandemic or
The AtlanticApr 04 2013
Opinion
A Food-Stamp Recovery Is the New Normal
Almost four years ago, in June 2009, the US entered into a technical recovery from the Great Recession touched off by the collapse of a decade-long housing bubble. The bubble collapse nearly wiped out the financial sector, thanks to extensive investment in mortgage-backed securities that ended up being nearly worthless as foreclosures swept across the nation like a wildfire.
Edward MorrisseyNov 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Is Pew’s New Political Typology Quiz Accurate? See How You and AllSides Rate
The latest Political Typology Quiz from Pew Research Center (Center bias) splits Americans into nine distinct political groups, rather than two or three parties. But is it accurate?
The AllSides team frequently uses Pew’s typology quiz, our own Rate Your Bias quiz and other tools to make sure our personal bias ratings are transparent and reflect our current political dispositions. This
AllSides Staff