4 ms·
AllSides exists to enable easy comparison between news sources with different biases: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news https://www.allsides.com/u
by nathan_long 9y ago
AllSides exists to enable easy comparison between news sources with different biases: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
- crdoconnor 9y agoIt's more "all sides within the constraints of the American overton window" than it is all sides.
- dublinben 9y agoIt's pretty telling how narrow their definition of "all sides" is when Huffington Post and The New Yorker make up the furthest left of their spectrum. This in a world where the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS.org) and It's Going Down News (@IGD_News) are but a click away.
- crdoconnor 9y agoI was more thinking of the lack of international diversity on international stories.
- nathan_long 9y agoAre you saying they lean right, or just need more extreme examples? I don't see Breitbart on there, either, FWIW. Maybe they're applying a "not too far left or right" filter or a "popularity" filter in order to keep from having so many takes on a given story that it's overwhelming?