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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 MastrineApr 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 01 2024
Perspectives Blog
Trump & Biden’s Dueling Border Visits Draw Bias from Left & Right Media Outlets
Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited the U.S. southern border on Thursday to discuss the border crisis and immigration, after a surge of border encounters with unauthorized migrants over the past few months.
To see how left and right media outlets covered the story differently, AllSides looked at a sample of 12 news stories spanning the political spectrum
Andrew WeinzierlFeb 19 2024
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: New Report Says Obama CIA Illegally Spied on Trump
A new media report from independent journalists Michael Shellenberger (Center bias) and Matt Taibbi (Center bias) claims the CIA asked foreign allies to illegally spy on 26 aides of former President Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election, and used this to stage the “Russia collusion” allegation.
Despite being covered by many sources from the Right, no sources from the Center
Andy GorelFeb 29 2024
Perspectives Blog
Our Google News Bias Analysis Blew Up on X, Here’s How The Media Reacted
Last week, AllSides published its new Google News bias analysis which found the bias of the news aggregator skews significantly in favor of sources on the left, particularly those with a Lean Left rating. AllSides found 63% of the articles that appeared on Google News in 2023 were from the left, a 2% increase from AllSides’ 2022 analysis. Just 6% of outlets curated were on the right.
Andy GorelDec 29 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Media and Federal Gov’t Quiet on Kremlin’s December 20 Trip to DC
Early on Wednesday, December 20, a Russian plane with the callsign RA-96023 touched down at Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. The plane, which serves as one of the Kremlin’s private aircraft, remained in D.C. for over 54 hours before beginning its trek back to Russia, leaving several unanswered questions in its wake.
Despite a change in political and media sentiments toward the grim
Andy GorelApr 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
MediaiteOct 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