Tag: Facts And Fact Checking

From the Right This piece is from a writer rated Lean Right. Snopes today offered a clear example of how fact check outlets can be biased when it attempted to “fact check" the opinion that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exaggerated the danger she was in during the Capitol Hill storming, which...

Generally, you shouldn’t be able to tell who journalists are voting for in the 2020 presidential election when you read their news story or look at their website. But sometimes it can be more than obvious, even when it comes to the almighty fact checkers. We went around to six fact-...

After months of research and analysis, including blind bias surveys conducted with nearly 4,000 people across the political spectrum as well as AllSides editorial reviews , AllSides found Associated Press news coverage of US politics has a Lean Left bias. AllSides now rates AP’s Politics...

One of the biggest media bias-related stories of the past week was about NBC , Attorney General William Barr, and a flagrant case of bias by omission . Another key part of the story, though, was how the omission was handled. NBC host Chuck Todd, lead of the network’s staple “Meet the...

During the White House coronavirus press briefing on April 23, President Donald Trump set off a firestorm of mudslinging and misinformation when he inquired about possibly using disinfectant to treat people with COVID-19. Fact checkers were all over the place after Trump made the comments...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a 5-4 decision upholding President Trump's travel ban. What exactly does that mean? Partisan news organizations and politicians had vastly different reactions to the news, leading to a varied understanding of the ruling's ramifications. Claim: The...