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Aug 26 2019
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: New York Times and Fox News Reveal Divide on Electoral College
Last week, a Colorado federal appeals court ruled that presidential electors in the Electoral College have the right to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice, regardless of which candidate won the state’s popular vote. Coverage of the ruling in the New York Times, which AllSides gives a Lean Left media bias rating, and Fox News, which AllSides gives a Lean Right media bias rating
Julie Mastrine
Nov 14 2012
Opinion
Fox News Adds Nothing But Falsehoods To Deficit Debate
Fox News is obscuring the national debate over how to balance the deficit while pushing myths that falsely discredit the Obama administration's record. Contrary to the Fox mythology, a downgrade of U.S. debt is not imminent, many economists believe the previous downgrade was due to Republican obstructionism, and raising taxes on the wealthiest households will not hurt employment.
Media Matters
Mar 28 2013
News
Who wins, who loses if Defense of Marriage Act dies
The federal Defense of Marriage Act may be history in a matter of months, but same-sex couples won't be the financial winners, and the U.S. Treasury won't be the loser.
Those are but some of the unexpected consequences that could emerge if the Supreme Court overturns the 1996 law, which appeared likely — though far from assured — following Wednesday's oral arguments.
USA TODAY
Mar 14 2015
News
John Kerry Says It's Unclear Whether Iran Deal Is Within Reach
On the eve of fresh talks with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was unclear whether an interim agreement over its nuclear power program was within reach.
"I can't tell you whether or not we can get a deal, whether we are close," Kerry told a news conference on Saturday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, where he attended an Egyptian investment summit.
"The
HuffPost
Aug 13 2014
News
France is Arming the Kurds, Too
French President Francois Hollande announced today that France is stepping up its humanitarian efforts in Iraq by arming Kurdish forces. Unlike the U.S., however, the French government received express consent from Baghdad to deliver arms:
France will supply arms to Iraq's Kurds "in the coming hours", French President Francois Hollande has announced. France has received approval from
Townhall
Dec 13 2012
News
DeMint: Obama Wants to Take Country Over Cliff
Fiscal cliff negotiators are intentionally dragging the talks out to the last minute and will then give legislators a take-it-or-leave-it option with little chance for their own input, outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint has charged.
And he accused President Barack Obama of wanting to take the country over the cliff so everyone will have to pay higher taxes.
“There’s no transparent,
Newsmax (News)
Jun 03 2012
News
Fingers Point As Job Numbers Fall
If unusually warm weather helped encourage job growth earlier this year, May was like a wet, cold rain. A report from the Labor Department on Friday showed that U.S. employers added just 69,000 jobs last month  far fewer than expected.
NPR (Online News)
Sep 13 2012
News
Foreign policy dominates campaign for second day
A presidential campaign that has, until recently, focused almost exclusively on the nation's struggling economy entered a second day of forceful foreign policy debate Thursday, with GOP nominee Mitt Romney again criticizing President Barack Obama's strategy in dealing with attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts in Cairo and Benghazi, Libya.
CNN Digital
Nov 01 2012
News
Exclusive: Classified cable warned consulate couldn't withstand 'coordinated attack'
The U.S. Mission in Benghazi convened an “emergency meeting less than a month before the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, because Al Qaeda had training camps in Benghazi and the consulate could not defend against a “coordinated attack, according to a classified cable reviewed by Fox News.
Fox News Digital
Jul 15 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Texas Paper Levels With Readers After Reprinting Biased AP Story
AllSides is proud of the work we do to promote information literacy and awareness of media bias. And when other media companies share that goal, we’re happy to acknowledge it — even when it comes as an unfortunate consequence of bias from major media outlets.
The Lufkin Daily News is a newspaper serving Lukfin, Texas, a city of roughly 35,000 located in the state’s Deep East region.
Henry A. Brechter