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Mar 14 2024
Perspectives Blog
How Did Nex Benedict Die? Breaking Down Questions and Biased Media Coverage
UPDATE, 3/14/24: Nex Benedict's death has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released on March 13. The report says Benedict died due to a combined overdose of Diphenhydramine and Fluoxetine.
The death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict in Oklahoma on Feb. 8 and contradictory comments from their family and local police became a national story and fueled media
Henry A. BrechterMay 10 2024
News
The Polish president’s last stand against liberalism
On January 9th two men were driven through the back entrance of the presidential palace in Warsaw. Officially, Mariusz Kaminski, a former interior minister, and Maciej Wasik, one of his deputies, were there to attend the investiture of new advisers to the president, Andrzej Duda. But the actual reason was murkier. Both men were fugitives, and Duda was helping them hide from the police. In 2015
The EconomistApr 28 2023
News
Media bias in Indonesia elections?
In a matter of days more than 190 million Indonesians will head to the polls to pick their next president.
The race has been heating up between the two presidential candidates, Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo.
The contest has, understandably, generated immense media attention in Indonesia - but critics say the majority of Indonesian media is deeply biased and is influencing
BBC NewsMar 09 2024
News
Biden drops embarrassing gaffes days after liberal media hypes SOTU performance
Just one day after President Biden delivered a State of the Union address many liberals said put to rest questions about his mental fitness, the president raised eyebrows with several gaffes in Pennsylvania. Biden visited Strath Haven Middle School in Delaware County on Friday for his first swing state campaign stop after outlining his agenda to a joint session of Congress. There, he pitched
Fox News (Online News)Aug 25 2023
Perspectives Blog
Unpacking Media Bias on Climate Change
As weather-related events like wildfires, droughts, and hot summer temperatures have made headlines in recent years, debates and disagreements across the political spectrum abound about climate change.
In general, left-rated media conveys the belief that climate change is human-caused and an urgent threat, and that climate science proves this. Their coverage conveys that carbon
Julie MastrineFeb 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
What is Media Bias?
What is media bias? What is the definition of media bias, and what does it mean to be biased?
AllSides provides over 1,400 Media Bias Ratings for media outlets, fact checkers, writers and more. We also created the AllSides Media Bias Chart™ and AllSides Fact Check Bias Chart™ to make media bias ratings easy to visualize. What does it mean for news outlet to show media bias?
Media Julie MastrineApr 24 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Exists, But it's Not That Simple
This piece was written by academics Rob Anderson (Lean Left bias) and G. Michael Killenberg (Center bias). AllSides CEO John Gable (Lean Right bias) wrote a response to this article. Read it here.
It took a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to admit under oath that Fox News promoted lies about rigged voting machines and endorsed allegations that Democrats
Multiple Writers - MixedOct 07 2015
Background
Media bias
Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. The direction and degree of media bias in
WikipediaJan 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Watch: Bias by Photo
AllSides frequently provides case studies that illustrate how media bias appears. Read more about the 11 Types of Media Bias here.
Media bias manifests in many different ways — on this blog, we’ve shown you how it can appear as bias by omission, sensationalism, and bias by placement. We’ve identified 11 different types of media bias to watch out for. Another obvious way bias manifests
Julie Mastrine