AllSides
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Founder(s)John Gable, Scott McDonald
CEOJohn Gable
URLwww.allsides.com
Launched2012

AllSides is an American company that assesses the political bias of prominent media outlets, and presents different versions of similar news stories from sources of the political right, left, and center, in a mission to show readers news outside their filter bubble.[1][2][3][4] Focusing on online publications, it has rated over 800 sources on a five-point scale: Left, Leans left, Center, Leans right, and Right. Each source is ranked by unpaid volunteer editors, overseen by two staff members holding political biases different from each other. These crowd-sourced reviews are augmented by editorial reviews performed by staff members. Reassessments may be made based on like button results from community feedback.[5] AllSides uses these rankings to produce media bias charts listing popular sources.[6][5]

AllSides was founded in 2012 by John Gable, a former Republican political aide turned Silicon Valley manager working at Netscape, and Scott McDonald, a software developer.[7][1][8][9] AllSides uses a "multi-partisan" methodology first developed by conservative professor Timothy Groseclose and his collaborator Jeffrey Milyo.[10] AllSides partnered with activist Joan Blades to launch a classroom program, AllSides for Schools,[11] and has partnered with other organizations to provide programs such as Mismatch, a platform to connect users who differ politically and geographically.[12][13]

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  1. ^ a b Evangelista, Benny (26 August 2012). "AllSides compiles varied political views". SF Gate.
  2. ^ Harris, John (October 22, 2019). "No filter: my week-long quest to break out of my political bubble". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Chu, Lenora (June 8, 2020). "Who should judge what's true? Tackling social media's global impact". The Christian Science Monitor.
  4. ^ Mendoza, M. K. (May 1, 2020). "AllSides.com Calls out Media Bias from Both Sides, Promoting Democratic Dialogue and Free Speech". KSFR.
  5. ^ a b Sheridan, Jake (May 18, 2021). "Should you trust media bias charts?". Poynter.
  6. ^ Rowe, Chip (April 25, 2020). "5 Questions: Julie Mastrine". The Highlands Current.
  7. ^ Bronner, Stephen J. (September 26, 2016). "How This Startup Helps People Find Common Political Ground". Entrepreneur.
  8. ^ Binion, Billy (February 15, 2018). "Bridging the Divide: Friendship Across Partisan Lines". The Saturday Evening Post.
  9. ^ Gable, John; Brechter, Henry A. (January 9, 2020). "Here's how technology can help reduce political polarization". USA Today.
  10. ^ Boyd, Hal (2021-07-19). "Opinion: No, the Deseret News doesn't have a 'leftist agenda'". Deseret News. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  11. ^ "Joan Blades & John Gable, Bringing Civil Conversations to Schools". Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller. KALW / PRX. September 26, 2016.
  12. ^ Grisé, Chrisanne (April 2020). "Building Bridges" (PDF). The New York Times Upfront. pp. 6–9.
  13. ^ Said, Carolyn (December 3, 2018). "Can lefties and right-wingers find common ground? One site thinks so". The San Francisco Chronicle.

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