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Jan 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
Why It's Important to Notice When Journalists Use Adjectives
We recently added subjective qualifying adjectives to our resource guide about 12 Types of Media Bias. A recent example of subjective qualifiers was found in an AP news (Lean Left) article, which we highlighted on our Instagram page below.
The topic has led some (including those internally at AllSides!) to argue that using adjectives is acceptable, because it can help a journalist to
Julie MastrineMar 18 2015
News
Terrorists kill foreign tourists and local in Tunisia attack: what we know
The attackers' identities and motive are unknown. Tunisia has struggled with low-level violence since the 2011 revolution that ousted dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, though it has fared much better than other Arab Spring nations and has been largely stable.
Early suspicions are naturally falling on jihadist extremists, perhaps Tunisians who had fought abroad. A number of Tunisians
VoxApr 09 2020
News
Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition
A few weeks ago, a thought woke Camara Jones up in the middle of the night. It was about the coronavirus. That’s commonplace these days, but Jones is a family physician and epidemiologist who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where among other things she studied racial bias in the medical system. Her thoughts on a pandemic are anything but commonplace.
The
Mother JonesJun 09 2020
Opinion
The Media Urge to Explain away ‘Defund the Police’
The hot protest slogan and hashtag of the moment is “Defund the Police.” At times, it’s also framed as a call to abolish or disband the police. Ordinary speakers of the English language would naturally assume, listening to people chant “defund the police” in the streets, carry “defund the police” signs, and literally paint “defund the police” on the streets of D.C., that such people mean “
National Review (News)Sep 22 2016
News
State of emergency declared in Charlotte as new protests erupt; at least 14 people injured, 1 seriously
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in Charlotte on Wednesday night after violent new protests over the police shooting of a black man erupted in the heart of downtown, leaving one man shot and critically wounded.
The shooting Wednesday night occurred as protesters waded into the streets and began streaming toward downtown hotels while police in riot gear fired
Los Angeles TimesJan 22 2020
News
Senate Republicans muscle through rules for Trump trial
Senate Republicans forced through a resolution establishing the rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial in the early morning hours Wednesday, rejecting Democrats' demands for additional witnesses and documents at the outset of the proceeding.
Senators voted 53-47 on the resolution capping off hours of debate, with Trump’s legal team and House managers engaging in a heated, public
The HillJan 29 2020
News
Impeachment stokes questions about Biden and Trump family finances
Two political families. Two situations that have drawn criticism. They’re part of a troubling pattern, ethicists say: Real or potential conflicts of interest arise in Washington far too often.
In 2005, then-Sen. Joe Biden voted for a bankruptcy law overhaul that benefited a major banking firm that was paying his son Hunter as a consultant.
More recently, President Donald Trump
Christian Science MonitorDec 06 2014
News
Job numbers soar, but Obama gets no credit
Don't look for President Barack Obama to get much political kudos for America's humming job creation engine. The jobless rate is steady at 5.8 percent, the stock market's roaring, the housing market is stirring and the rescued auto industry is motoring. Gas is down to $2.71 a gallon, according to an American Automobile Association average, leaving a little extra cash for families this
CNN DigitalJan 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Americans' Economic Outlook Rapidly Improving, Consumer Survey Finds
Americans' outlook of the economy sharply improved over the last two months.
For Context: In the final months of 2023, outlets across the spectrum sought to understand why Americans’ view of the economy was out of sync with traditional economic indicators. Despite strong output and weakening inflation, many Americans were pessimistic about the state of the economy. Outlets attributed
Axios Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerOct 04 2012
Opinion
Policy Basics: Climate-Change Legislation and Low-Income Consumers
“Putting a price on carbon through market-based policies like cap and trade or a carbon tax is the most cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. By raising the price of fossil-fuel energy products  from home energy and gasoline to food and other goods and services with significant energy inputs  these policies would encourage energy conservation, investments in
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities