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Oct 28 5 tweets 2 min read
Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden last night, joined by several high-profile speakers.

Many left media framed it negatively, highlighting “racist” tropes or that in 1939 MSG housed a pro-Nazi rally. Right media described it as “historic” or “packed.”

Recap🧵 Image Speakers notably included @JDVance, @ElonMusk, @RobertKennedyJr, @TulsiGabbard, @TuckerCarlson, @VivekGRamaswamy, @HulkHogan, @DrPhil, and many more.

See some of their speeches via @VigilantFox here:
Oct 17 4 tweets 2 min read
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%.

AllSides did not find coverage from the left. Thread 🧵 Image 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.’” Image
Aug 13 9 tweets 3 min read
NEW: Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is misrepresenting news articles in Google search, making them appear like endorsements, AllSides has found.

Thread 🧵 Image 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. Image
Feb 23 8 tweets 3 min read
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 🧵 Image 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.Image
Feb 22 10 tweets 3 min read
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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Image 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%. Image
Feb 28, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
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.