Journalism News and Blog Posts

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.

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 New York Times published an opinion from a 17-year-old without any journalist experience who argued TikTok should be banned because it's too addictive. Meanwhile, authors at other left-wing publications have argued the ban has to do with pro-Palestinian speech, not teen health.

There are precious few media outlets that seem willing to seriously address the issue of media bias, despite tanking public trust in news and abysmal readership and viewership rates.

The Guardian claims it's “fiercely independent” and "without a billionaire bankrolling" it, yet it's owned by an endowment fund valued at $1.5 billion.

With Israel and Hamas at war, conflicting, confusing, and misinformed reports are spreading quickly. Here are some major storylines that need a bit of clarification.

The way to earn trust in our journalism is not more information, it’s connection.

ZeroHedge is quietly one of the most-read conservative news sites, but it’s hardly considered a mainstream outlet. Enjoying a readership well ahead of other conservative mainstays, the outlet has become considerably influential largely off the back of one key device — anonymity. While millions worldwide read articles from ZeroHedge regularly, one thing isn’t clear: who’s writing them?

When AllSides hired me in January 2023, I had a basic level of interest in “politics” and “the news,” but that was it. I didn’t realize that keeping up with the news and seeing a full picture of what’s actually happening in the world was nearly a full-time job. 

When Tucker Carlson confirmed he was in Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, a report surfaced that he could be sanctioned by the EU for such a venture, spurring bias by omission.