Media Bias Alert News and Blog Posts

The Associated Press significantly edited an article about former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s resignation on Wednesday after the original piece was accused of media bias.

A plane from the Kremlin's Presidential Fleet spent 54 hours in Washington D.C. right before the Christmas holiday, but the federal government and mainstream media neglected to acknowledge its presence.

After the infamous Derek Chauvin was stabbed, both news and social media began criticizing the federal prison system and speculating that the public may not be getting the whole story.

Statistics released this week showed students across the developed world struggling with math, including American students, who achieved an all-time low average score. Many mainstream media outlets across the spectrum covered the story, but showed negativity bias in the framing of how U.S. students performed.

This week, center and left-rated media outlets showed story choice bias by omission in their lack of coverage on a GOP-led Congressional committee report that claims government agencies, think tanks, Big Tech companies, and academics worked together to suppress views on social media — mostly those coming from conservatives — during COVID and before the 2020 election.

Fox News framed new restrictions on energy companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico exclusively through the voices of those critical of the new rules.

Some news sources describe legislation around LGBTQ issues as "anti-LGBTQ." Does the term show clear media bias?

In April 2023, reports emerged that Thomas had received gifts from GOP donor Harlan Crow and did not disclose some of them. These revelations have led to controversy regarding whether Thomas has committed ethical violations and what the ramifications should be.

Race may have motivated Ralph Yarl's shooting. But many news sources already reached that conclusion before police have.

When past mass shootings took place inside religious institutions, President Joe Biden mentioned the victims’ religious beliefs — but not so in the case of Nashville.