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Jan 03 2023
Perspectives Blog
Introducing the AllSides Media Bias Meter™
AllSides is excited to introduce the AllSides Media Bias Meter™!
In addition to our Left, Lean Left, Center, Lean Right, and Right media bias ratings, outlets are now assigned a number on a scale from left to right.
Media outlets are rated on a scale of -6 to +6, with 0.0 representing exact Center, and -6 representing farthest Left, and +6 representing farthest right.
AllSides StaffApr 03 2024
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Transgender Day of Visibility Falls on Easter Sunday
On March 29, President Biden issued a “Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility,” which has fallen on March 31 every year since 2009 and Biden has recognized since 2021.
However, conservative news outlets and commentators tended to put a negative spin on the news, with some news outlets making it appear that Biden had specifically selected Easter for Trans Day of Visibility,
Clare AshcraftAug 23 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Coverage of Immigration Reveals Media Bias
Immigration is such a contentious issue that readers can often tell the position of a journalist or media outlet on the issue in the first few sentences of an article. From illegal alien to undocumented migrant, there are a variety of words used to describe immigration that portray media bias.
AllSides analyzed 100 articles from outlets across the AllSides Media Bias Chart™ on
AllSides StaffJun 21 2024
Perspectives Blog
Is Wikipedia Biased?
Updated 1/4/2023, 8/16/22, and 6/21/2024. Originally published 3/16/21.
Is Wikipedia biased?
AllSides provides media bias ratings for over 800 sources and writers. Until 2021, we rated Wikipedia as Center, but changed them to Not Rated because the online encyclopedia does not fit neatly into AllSides’ media bias rating methodologies, which were developed specifically for news
Julie MastrineSep 06 2024
Opinion
A media stupid season
It’s media stupid season. I know it’s hard to tell when it seems like every day is the same, but the last eight weeks of a close campaign are, I assure you, the dumbest.
This week alone we’ve seen PolitiFact’s chief correspondent “fact-check” former President Donald Trump for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had Trump still been in office.
The BlazeApr 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 AshcraftSep 10 2024
News
All the rules for the presidential debate between Kamala and Trump on ‘most biased’ network ABC
Vice President Kamala Harris will face former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night in Philadelphia, and after much back and forth, the campaigns have come to an agreement on the rules for the debate. Campaigns tend to use rules to jockey for power and place, and this contentious campaign face-off is no different. ABC, the network hosting the debate, has been ranked the most biased network.
The Post MillennialSep 10 2024
News
Biased BBC Breached Guidelines 1,500 Times Over Israel-Hamas War.
WE ARE 100% INDEPENDENT AND READER-FUNDED. FOR A GUARANTEED AD-FREE EXPERIENCE AND TO SUPPORT REAL NEWS, PLEASE SIGN UP HERE , TODAY. Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign has finally launched a policies section on its campaign website, nearly 50 days after Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid—making Harris the presumptive Democratic Party nominee— and less than 60 days before the
The National Pulse