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Apr 11 2024
News
NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias
NPR is facing both internal tumult and a fusillade of attacks by prominent conservatives this week after a senior editor publicly claimed the broadcaster had allowed liberal bias to affect its coverage, risking its trust with audiences.
Uri Berliner, a senior business editor who has worked at NPR for 25 years, wrote in an essay published Tuesday by The Free Press, a popular Substack
New York Times (News)Oct 07 2015
Background
How to Identify Liberal Media Bias
This book excerpt will teach you how to identify seven types displayed in news stories and how to analyze stories and reporting patterns to determine if they are biased. Though the examples cited are drawn from the early ‘90s the lessons they teach remain valid and instructive today.
Sometimes liberal bias reflects a conscious choice by the reporter or editor. Sometimes it stems from
Media Research CenterApr 16 2024
News
NPR Suspends Uri Berliner Over Accusation of Liberal Bias
NPR has suspended a veteran editor who accused the outlet of having “lost America’s trust” with consistently left-leaning “advocacy” content the editor called “devastating” to its journalism. Longtime NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik reported Tuesday that Uri Berliner — NPR’s senior business editor who slammed the outlet in a recent column — has been suspended for five days without pay
MediaiteMay 16 2024
Perspectives Blog
2024 Election: Latest News, Polls and Examples of Media Bias
This blog is tracking major news, updates, poll data, examples of media bias and more on the 2024 U.S. elections, especially the 2024 presidential race.
Click here to see our coverage of key races to watch and more 2024 election season information and resources.
Biden and Trump Agree to Two Debates, RFK Jr. Fights to Get on StageMay 15, 2024
After months of
AllSides StaffFeb 02 2023
Opinion
Media Liberals Aren’t Even Trying to Hide Their Bias Anymore
I’ve been saying for years that not only is journalism dead, but it died by suicide. In reality, it died from auto-erotic asphyxiation. Few professions love themselves as much as journalists do, and none but Hollywood give themselves more awards. If you are a journalist who doesn’t have a wall of plaques or shelves full of laser-etched glass blocks masquerading as accomplishments honoring some
TownhallMay 03 2024
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: The New York Post Slants Firefighter’s Death
On April 29, 2024 the New York Post (Lean Right) published this headline: “NYC firefighter, 36, dies of heart attack after being fired to pay for migrants — leaving his family with nothing.” In linking a heart attack death to immigration, the New York Post displays slant.
The article opens with, “An FDNY firefighter has died of a heart attack just months after he was fired as part of
Clare AshcraftMay 11 2024
News
Five times the ‘disastrous’ Stormy Daniels’ testimony maddened liberal media: ‘Hurt her credibility’
Stormy Daniels' testimony against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday received less-than-stellar responses from some pundits and legal analysts, who suggested her descriptive answers and open dislike of Trump may have damaged her credibility as a witness. Daniels has been a vocal critic of Trump and a liberal media darling since claiming she was paid to stay silent about an alleged affair
Fox News (Online News)Apr 26 2024
Perspectives Blog
How Media Bias Shaped Jury Selection in Trump’s Hush Money Trial
Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial were asked: “What are your main sources of news and commentary?” as part of a 42-question juror questionnaire, which the lawyers used to help determine how a juror may rule in the case. Here were their responses:
Note: The questionare also included Google, TikTok, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Truth
Clare AshcraftApr 17 2024
News
Uri Berliner, NPR editor who criticized the network of liberal bias, says he's resigning
Uri Berliner, a senior editor at National Public Radio who had been suspended from his job after claiming the network had "lost America's trust" by pushing progressive views while suppressing dissenting opinions, said he is resigning from the broadcaster. "I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years," Berliner wrote in his resignation letter to NPR
CBS News (Online)Apr 16 2024
News
Former NPR executive praises whistleblower for exposing liberal bias: ‘He’s identified a real problem’
Veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner detailed his employer’s "absence of viewpoint diversity" last week in a stunning rebuke of the news organization, and a former high-level NPR executive feels a "real problem" was identified in the scathing piece. "I’m not surprised because he’s a very thoughtful and forthright guy," a former high-level NPR executive who worked with Berliner told Fox News Digital
Fox News (Online News)