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Jun 09 2016
News
Katie Couric Accused of Deceptive Editing in Second Documentary
Katie Couric’s 2014 documentary Fed Up includes instances of deceptive editing similar to 2016’s Under the Gun, according to several people familiar with the making of the film.
Fed Up, which focuses on obesity and the food industry, was directed by Stephanie Soechtig and produced by Couric. The film includes two interviews with figures who hold viewpoints counter to the narrative of
Washington Free Beacon
Apr 15 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Admit it: Fox News has been right all along
Throughout most of southern Ohio, residents who watch cable news are predominantly glued to one channel: Fox News.
People there don’t watch Fox News to know what to think; they already know what they think, and they avoid news channels that insult their intelligence and core beliefs. Yes, Fox News is an echo chamber for the right, but no more than CNN and MSNBC are for the left, as far
Guest Writer - Left
Apr 03 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden and Trump Win New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin Primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their parties’ respective primaries in four states on Tuesday.
The Details: Despite having already secured their parties’ nominations for the general presidential election this fall, Biden and Trump added delegates to their totals with wins in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Delaware, which would have also
Associated Press
Newsweek 
Washington Examiner 
Sep 27 2012
News
Why Romney is losing must-win Ohio
Polls show Mitt Romney trailing President Barack Obama in just about every one of the swing states where the 2012 campaign is being waged. But Romney appears to be in deeper trouble in Ohio than elsewhere, an alarming development for Republicans who know that the candidate's White House chances begin and end with the kind of middle-class voters who reside in places such as Akron, Cincinnati
CNN Digital
Dec 07 2020
Perspectives Blog
Unexpected Overlaps: Republican Voters Believe Humans Contribute to Climate Change, Support Limiting Emissions
During his campaign, Joe Biden ran on a plan for more aggressive climate change action. Among the changes, left-rated and right-rated sources confirm that former Secretary of State John Kerry will have a Cabinet-level role as a special envoy for climate and a seat on the National Security Council.
Climate change has been a deeply divisive topic in American politics. Despite this,
Max Karlin
Sep 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
The Economist’s Analysis of Facebook Media Bias Misses the Mark
A recent examination of media bias on Facebook caught our eye here at AllSides. It is an important topic and we found the report to be interesting, but we also found some problems with it that lead to invalid conclusions.
We’ve identified a number of flaws in the methodology used in a report from The Economist, "Facebook offers a distorted view of American news," which says Facebook may
AllSides Staff
May 29 2019
News
Media Curiously Incurious About MLK Story
Is a Pulitzer winning biographer of Martin Luther King suddenly without standing?
The FBI investigated him under the pretext that his aides included people loyal to the Russian government rather than their own. They used electronic surveillance to spy on him. They pored over salacious material of a sexual nature. The administration that initially authorized the spying denied, denied,
The American Spectator
Feb 13 2014
News
New Obamacare enrollment map reveals surprises, uneven progress across U.S.
A Washington-based consultancy has compared new Obamacare data to projected enrollment in each state, a handy tool that shows states such as Idaho, Montana and North Carolina doing quite well even though they’ve flown under the radar and relied on the federal government to run their new insurance marketplace. Avalere took state-by-state data released Wednesday by the Health and Human Services
Washington Times
May 22 2019
Opinion
OPINION: It just got harder for Donald Trump to keep his tax returns a secret
President Donald Trump has been consistent about very few things during his relatively-short political life. But on one front he has been adamant: He will not release any of his past tax returns.
That position became slightly less tenable on Tuesday when The Washington Post reported on the existence of a 10-page draft memo from the Internal Revenue Service that makes clear the
Guest Writer - Left
Feb 14 2013
News
The anti-establishment establishment
If you were to map the geographic center of the conservative uprising against the national GOP establishment, you might settle on a point somewhere in Alexandria, Va.  just within the ring of the Capital Beltway  where a pair of decades-old public relations firms work overtime to stoke and channel the fires of activist outrage. One peek at any Washington reporters email in-box
Politico