Bias

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:

In recent weeks, Fox News (Right bias) has adopted a unique name for those publicly protesting Israel’s military activities in Gaza — “anti-Israel agitators.”

The Associated Press Stylebook recently showed left-leaning media bias.

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. Conservative news outlets and commentators tended to put a negative spin on the news, displaying sensationalism, op...

The New York Times published a video in its Opinion section that described the American “deep state” as “kind of awesome.” Several media outlets and pundits criticized the Times for its framing of what the “deep state” actually is, and the publication’s track record of writing about it in...

Meanwhile, 36.4% identify as Democrats, 51.7% as Independents, and 8.5% as other. 

While speaking about China undercutting U.S. manufacturing, Trump said it would be a “bloodbath” if he lost the election.

The Dispatch’s AllSides Media Bias Rating™ was confirmed as Lean Right in our Feb. 2024 Blind Bias Survey. 

Tangle’s AllSides Media Bias Rating™ was confirmed as Center in our Feb. 2024 Blind Bias Survey. 

Mother Jones’ AllSides Media Bias Rating™ was confirmed as Left in our Feb. 2024 Blind Bias Survey. 

Slate’s AllSides Media Bias Rating™ was confirmed as Left in our Feb. 2024 Blind Bias Survey.

A nonbinary teen's death sparked questions and examples of media bias.

During his State of the Union Address, President Biden described the suspected murderer of Laken Riley as an "illegal" generating contrasting coverage from the right and left.

Since 2022, AllSides has been auditing major news aggregators for bias, including Google News, Bing News, Apple News, and Yahoo! News — and has found the majority of news aggregators analyzed have a bias on the left.

Media outlets showed bias in coverage of Biden & Trump’s southern border visits. Here’s how.

Last week, AllSides published its 2023 Google News bias analysis which found the the aggregator skews significantly in favor of sources on the left, particularly those with a Lean Left rating. The study was widely viewed on X, and written about by several media outlets, mostly from the rig...

At the end of 2023, The Economist (Lean Left) conducted a study in which it looked at the partisan language used in TV and written journalism to determine if there was a slant toward any political party. It found that “there is indeed an affinity between the media and the left, because jou...

Google has a long history of media bias and favoring media outlets and views on the left. Here’s a look at the timeline of Google’s bias.

The 2023 analysis looked at 974 articles that appeared over a 2-week period in October and November.

After billionaire George Soros bought a controlling stake in 235 U.S. radio stations ahead of the 2024 elections, AllSides wants to know which radio outlets to rate.