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How AllSides Rates Media Bias
How does AllSides determine the Media Bias Rating for sources, writers, news media and more? AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ are fluid.
Oct 07 2015
Background
How To Detect Bias In News Media
Media have tremendous power in setting cultural guidelines and in shaping political discourse. It is essential that news media, along with other institutions, are challenged to be fair and accurate. The first step in challenging biased news coverage is documenting bias. Here are some questions to ask yourself about newspaper, TV and radio news.
FAIRApr 22 2024
News
US Supreme Court rejects free speech case over attorney bias rule
April 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Pennsylvania lawyer who challenged an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination professional rule for lawyers in the state. Zachary Greenberg, an attorney with the non-profit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, sought to revive his lawsuit opposing the rule, which prohibited lawyers from
ReutersOct 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 CenterMar 05 2015
News
Media bias contributes to political polarization
As most of you know, Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, announced that he will be retiring later this year. For those of you who didn’t know, I’m sorry for either ruining or making your day. Regardless about how you feel about Stewart and his show, he changed how people view the news. His satire was only met, if not surpassed, by Stephen Colbert, and together they both
The BreezeMay 14 2024
News
R.F.K. Jr. Is 2024’s X Factor, New Polls Show, Fueled by Young Voters and Social Media
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is polling stronger than any third-party candidate has in decades, pulling in roughly 10 percent of registered voters across the battleground states as he saps support from both President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, a new series of polls has found.
The overall results in the Biden versus Trump contest were virtually unchanged when Mr. Kennedy was
New York Times (News)Oct 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias and Word Choice in Jan. 6 Committee Coverage
In 2022, the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol riot held nine public hearings in an effort to reveal evidence acquired in the investigation to tell the story of the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
The hearings dominated news headlines – and outlets on the left and right have been covering the incident very differently, revealing media bias.
To help paint a
Andrew WeinzierlApr 07 2023
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Media Bias Chart™ Version 8: CNN Moved
After reviewing the bias of numerous media outlets, the latest version of the AllSides Media Bias Chart™ features just one change — CNN has moved from Left to Lean Left. Recall that in Version 7.2 of the chart, we moved Axios from Center to Lean Left.
Our Feb. 2023 Blind Bias Survey of 1,125 people across the political spectrum, who rated news content
AllSides StaffAug 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 MastrineApr 25 2024
News
Readers sound off on what Trump is accused of, massacres in Gaza and racially biased coverage
Trump’s transgressions are why he’s where he is Ossining, N.Y.: Voicers Nancy Brenner and Eugene Dunn represent the astonishing problem we citizens face. They bend over backwards to defend and normalize the behavior of a morally bankrupt fraud and criminal who should not be allowed to operate a food cart, let alone hold elected office. Donald Trump was charged for massive business fraud.
New York Daily News