Bias

One of the biggest recent stories has been the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Headlines from the left have mostly described him as a “Maryland man” or “wrongly deported” while outlets from the right said he's an “illegal” migrant or suspected gang member.

Scientists just made a big push to solve the riddle of extinction. Not everyone is happy – or convinced it’s legit.

Are journalists lacking ambition in a disordered news cycle? Or has the public’s degenerative attention span stopped allowing for continued interest in the world’s most momentous affairs? Here are five reasons why major stories fall out of the mainstream media’s view.

The viral graphic and study ultimately may sensationalize the issue.

The Associated Press (Left) showed strong bias in a recent piece covering the debate over seed oils.

The Associated Press and other legacy outlets openly abandoned objectivity in 2023. Here’s how that’s going for them.

In Dec. 2024, 761 Americans across the political spectrum participated in a Blind Bias Survey, rating the political bias of articles from Associated Press, Breitbart, Washington Post, WIRED, and Washington Times. To enhance the reliability of these ratings, AllSides conducted additional Editorial Reviews of some of these outlets in Jan. 2025 and Feb. 2025.

Under the second Trump administration, press rooms once made up of mostly liberal outlets are beginning to go the other way. Some changes at the Pentagon have ultimately resulted in the removal of several outlets from the left and the addition of ones from the right.

The coverage often distorted the orders and the various stakeholders involved.