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Jan 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
Topics
Media Bias
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Feb 12 2019
Headline Roundup
Is Centrist Media Still Biased Media?
A Washington Post columnist writes about how media bias towards the center crowds out political views on the left and right, while a New York Times reporter comes up with his own 6 forms of media bias. AllSides writes about how a Center rating doesn't necessarily mean unbiased.
AllSides


Aug 27 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias By Photo: Biden’s Presser on Afghanistan
After at least 13 US service members and more than 100 Afghans were killed in attacks by Islamic terrorists near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday — the deadliest incident for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since 2011 — President Joe Biden gave a press conference. AllSides noticed many news outlets led with a particular photo of Biden from the presser — an image of the president
Julie Mastrine
Sep 23 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias by Photo: Media Gets It Wrong on Border Patrol “Whip” Image
From the Right
This piece is from an author rated as Lean Right.
Media bias by photo was on display as the press covered the recent migrant crisis in Del Rio, Texas, where over 16,000 unauthorized migrants have recently streamed across the border to a makeshift encampment under a bridge.
A photo of a Border Patrol agent appearing to whip a migrant was widely shared in
Julie Mastrine
Sep 09 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Media Bias and Ivermectin Misinformation
A viral story about Oklahoma hospitals overflowing with people who'd overdosed on horse dewormer turned out to be misleading, but not until several major news sources had elevated the misinformation. The claim that emergency rooms were backed up with overdosing patients, which originally came from a rural Oklahoma doctor, has since been disputed by one Oklahoma hospital and has not been
New Republic


Sep 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias by Photo: The Hill Draws Criticism for Trump Crowd Pic
The Hill (Center media bias) recently faced charges of media bias and fake news after it tweeted a headline about Trump’s recent rally in North Carolina that didn’t match what was shown in the accompanying photo, then deleting it.
“JUST IN: Trump, supporters gathered without masks in North Carolina despite request from local GOP official,” read the headline, alongside a photo showing
Julie Mastrine
Sep 30 2020
Opinion
Biased Media
"A pioneer devoted to equality."
That was The Washington Post's headline about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
But when Justice Antonin Scalia died, the headline was, "Supreme Court conservative dismayed liberals."
When the founder of ISIS was killed, the headline was: "Austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies."
But when President Donald Trump's brother died,
John Stossel
Feb 27 2022
Headline Roundup
Photos and Videos Highlight Ukraine Defending Against Russian Invasion
As Russia carries on its invasion of Ukraine, news outlets across the spectrum have highlighted a number of pictures and videos that help illustrate what the conflict currently looks like.
Photographers from The New York Times (Lean Left bias) and Reuters (Center bias) are on the ground in Ukraine providing Americans a closer look at the ongoing military invasion. Many photos feature
New York Times (News)

