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Oct 17

The FBI revised its 2022 crime data to show that violent crime rose by 4.5% in 2022. The figure stands in contrast to the “final” figure the FBI reported in September 2023, which showed it fell by 2.1%.

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The change was reported by @RCPolitics (Center), which said it “discovered the change through a cryptic reference on the FBI website that states: ‘The 2022 violent crime rate has been updated for inclusion in CIUS, 2023.’”

@RCPolitics In the linked report, there is no mention that the numbers increased. RealClear reported that the only way to see the change is “by downloading the FBI’s new crime data and comparing it to the file released last year.”

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Aug 13

NEW: Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is misrepresenting news articles in Google search, making them appear like endorsements, AllSides has found.

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The Harris ads masquerade as news articles w/ a clear pro-Harris slant. The Harris campaign has changed the actual headlines and preview text to make it appear the news outlet is explicitly supporting her candidacy.

Here’s an example from @guardian.

When clicked, the ad links to a normal news article – not an explicit endorsement.

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Feb 23

Google has shown left bias since at least 2018.

Back then, we found a 65% left bias. The number has remained relatively steady.

Here's the full timeline of Google's News' bias 🧵

In 2018, then-President Donald Trump accused Google of bias after PJ Media (Right bias) published findings that 96% of results for the keyword "𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱" were from left-leaning outlets.

An AllSides analysis that year found 𝟲𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁, 𝟮𝟬% 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟲% 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.

In 2019, Northwestern University researchers found 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 in Google News’ Top Stories section.

Just one was rated Lean Right by AllSides.

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Feb 22

Google News' bias has gotten more pronounced since 2022.

63% of articles came from media outlets AllSides rates as Lean Left or Left. Just 6% were from the right.

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In 2023, Google News mostly curated articles from @CNN (Lean Left bias) and @nytimes (Lean Left) over a 2-week period.

Just 6% of all articles came from outlets on the right — with the most-curated conservative source being @FoxNews (Right), which made up 5%.

AllSides also analyzed Google News in 2022.

While Google curated 13% less Left-rated outlets in 2023, it curated 16% 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 Lean Left outlets.

The share of Right-rated outlets increased very slightly, by 3%.

The overall bias was still Leaning Left.

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Feb 28, 2023

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Google News shows strong left-leaning political bias, a new AllSides analysis found.

61% of media outlets presented on @googlenews’ homepage over a 5-day period were from sources AllSides rates on the left, with just 3% on the right.

Let’s dive deeper👇🏼🧵

Searching “election” returned Google News results only from left-wing media outlets in the days leading up to the 2022 midterms.

For every search term tested, Google News results from outlets on the left outnumbered outlets on the right and in the center.

@CNN

Google News’ homepage heavily favored @CNN (Left bias) overall, showing stories from this media outlet the most often (15% of total stories were from this outlet).

Overall, Google News displayed a Lean Left bias.

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