<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A few times a month, an email from an educator arrives in the Ground News inbox. There&rsquo;s a distinct theme to these emails - a sense of relief and excitement about finding a tool that helps solve a problem. The challenge revolves around teaching students to practice discernment, critical thinking and constructive dialogue. A common activity in classrooms is to have students compare news articles on a particular subject. Ground News makes this activity richer and more rewarding for students by allowing them to easily compare news coverage and visualize bias. It&rsquo;s a welcome reminder of why we created Ground News in the first place.
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At any moment we can unlock our phone and release a firehose of information, yet most of us don&rsquo;t have the time or resources to evaluate it thoroughly. To make matters worse, we don&rsquo;t even have access to the same information. Algorithms prioritize and sort information for us, often without us realizing it. Unfortunately, algorithms also end up sorting us into filter bubbles that lack diverse perspectives.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagine what that experience is like for an adolescent. Imagine having to teach students to navigate this complex digital world, which most of us find daunting even as adults. Imagine taking on that enormous responsibility even though the curriculum doesn&rsquo;t require it. <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://medialiteracynow.org/mlnpolicyreport/"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Only 14 states have media literacy language on the books today</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite these challenges, the teachers we hear from go above and beyond to bring media literacy into the classroom. People like Kristin Schnerer, a high school teacher in Toledo who created a Media &amp; Politics class. Or Michael Wells, a Library Director at Wilmington College who&rsquo;s always on the lookout for tools that help students practice discernment. Or Nate Noorlander, a high school teacher who partnered with a university professor to produce <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://nomadicprofessor.teachable.com/"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">online history lessons</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that challenge students to analyze primary and secondary sources.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We&rsquo;ve spent the last several months talking to educators about how Ground News can <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/ground-education"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">play a role in the classroom</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We didn&rsquo;t set out to create an education product, but we&rsquo;re certainly glad teachers are finding it useful. Here are some of the major themes that emerged from our discussions.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Practicing Lateral Reading&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At its core, Ground News is a lateral reading tool. Lateral reading is a term that came out of a research study conducted by the <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://sheg.stanford.edu/"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stanford History Education Group</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that looked at how professional fact checkers evaluate information online. It&rsquo;s a pretty simple concept - when evaluating an online source, leave the site to see what other digital sources say about it. Ground News makes this easy by providing important context around all the major news publications including political bias, factuality and ownership.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Understanding Media Bias
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We all have biases. It&rsquo;s a part of the human experience. These biases shape how we see the world and understand issues. Naturally, they can make their way into news coverage, so it&rsquo;s important to be aware of them. Ground News uses a combination of <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/rating-system"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">third-party news monitoring organizations</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and our own data to assign a bias rating to media outlets. For every news story, we include a media bias chart to show the distribution of coverage. Making the political leanings of news organizations transparent helps readers avoid filter bubbles and interpret news coverage with a critical eye.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visualizing Filter Bubbles
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A filter bubble results when algorithms guess what information a person would like to see based on their browsing habits such as location, click-behavior and search history. Algorithms tend to show us information we like, cutting us off from ideas that might challenge our perspective and expand our worldview. Ground News exposes this phenomenon through our <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/blindspot"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blindspot Feed</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This dedicated feed highlights news stories that are underreported by one side of the political spectrum. Readers can use this feed to seek out stories they might be missing if they are stuck in a filter bubble.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exploring Local &amp; Global Perspectives
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<a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/local"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local news </a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is incredibly important. In many ways, it has the most direct impact on our lives, yet local newsrooms are suffering the most under changing business models. Ground News supports the distribution of local news in a variety of ways. If available, we always put local news sources first. We also highlight local news from around the world, which gives an on-the-ground perspective that might be missing from national coverage. This provides a more nuanced understanding of geopolitical issues by showing how the same news story is covered across the globe.
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thinking Critically About News Consumption
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the most important things we do at Ground News is make the invisible, visible. We use data and analytics to help our readers understand their news consumption. Our biggest step forward in this area comes with the launch of our <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/subscribe"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vantage</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> subscription and the <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://ground.news/my-news-bias"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My News Bias</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> feature. Now, not only do we help readers analyze information in real time, we allow them to look back at what they chose to consume and make changes to their behavior. Think of it as a health report for your news diet with valuable insights to help you adopt more productive reading habits.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuing Education&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ground News was at the <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Charleston Conference</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, an annual gathering of librarians, publishers and education companies to learn more about how our news literacy tools can make an impact in the classroom. In the meantime, we look forward to seeing more of you in our <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="mailto: ground-ed@ground.news"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">inbox</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.&nbsp;

A common activity in classrooms is to have students compare news articles on a particular subject. Ground News makes this activity richer and more rewarding for students by allowing them to easily compare news coverage and visualize bias.

How do we Teach Media Literacy in the Modern World?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The future of the Senate is a lot less predictable and could be determined by four key states - <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/feed/2022-georgia-senate-election"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Georgia</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/feed/2022-pennsylvania-senate-election"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pennsylvania</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/feed/2022-arizona-senate-election"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arizona</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/feed/2022-nevada-senate-election"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nevada</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Democrats need to win three of these four races to maintain control of the Senate, while Republicans only need to win two.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These midterm elections are expected to be the most expensive in history, with a <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/federal-and-state-spending-on-2022-elections-set-to-top-167-billion-making-them-the-most-expensive-midterms-ever_b6127f?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">record $16.7 billion spent</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at the state and federal level. And it&rsquo;s no surprise that these key states are at the top of the list in terms of <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/by_race/2022?disp=R&amp;pty=A&amp;type=G"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">outside spending</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But it&rsquo;s not just political ads that are flooding the airwaves to sway voters. Media coverage plays a critical role in framing the issues and informing the public. Let&rsquo;s take a look at how these key Senate races are being covered by media outlets across the political spectrum.
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #434343; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Georgia: Raphael Warnock (D) Vs. Herschel Walker (R)</h3>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/interest/raphael-warnock"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Raphael Warnock</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the Democratic Senator who defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler in Georgia's 2021 special election runoff, is going up against Republican newcomer and former NFL running back, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/interest/herschel-walker"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Herschel Walker</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This race has received the most media attention with 81% of news articles centering on Walker and 48% of the coverage coming from left-leaning news outlets.</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The top stories include a report from the Daily Beast that claimed <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/republican-us-senate-hopeful-herschel-walker-denies-report-he-paid-for-abortion_a2ef06?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walker paid for a woman's abortion </a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">after the two conceived a child while they were dating in 2009. This story was picked up by 212 news outlets with the majority of the coverage coming from left and center sources.
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #434343; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pennsylvania: John Fetterman (D) Vs. Mehmet Oz (R)</h3>
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This Republican-held seat is up for grabs as GOP Senator Pat Toomey is retiring. Democratic candidate <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/interest/john-fetterman"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Fetterman</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is facing off against Republican candidate and television personality <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/interest/mehmet-oz"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mehmet Oz</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Fetterman has received the most media attention with more than 1,000 articles focusing on his candidacy and 43% of the coverage coming from right-leaning news outlets.&nbsp;</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Former President Donald <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/trump-endorses-oz-in-pennsylvania-senate-race_2db140?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trump&rsquo;s endorsement of Oz</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was reported on by more than 100 news outlets, but the top story of the race occurred when <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/f44f7c2a-5318-42e4-bbe8-473f835fdd5d"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fetterman suffered a stroke</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in May. More recently, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/oprah-backs-oz-rival-fetterman-in-pennsylvanias-us-senate-race_363dbe?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oprah&rsquo;s announcement</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that she is putting her support behind Fetterman garnered a lot of attention given she helped launch Oz&rsquo;s TV career nearly two decades ago when she brought him on her talk show.
<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: #434343; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arizona: Mark Kelly (D) Vs. Blake Masters (R)</h3>
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<a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/interest/mark-kelly"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Kelly</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a former astronaut, won this Senate seat in the 2020 special election. Now he&rsquo;s facing off against <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://ground.news/interest/blake-masters"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blake Masters</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a venture capitalist who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.&nbsp;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, this race has received considerably less coverage than Georgia and Pennsylvania with 41% of the coverage coming from right-leaning sources compared to 37% on the left. The articles are pretty evenly split with Blake Masters receiving slightly more coverage at 57%.
 The top story occurred when Arizona&rsquo;s <a style="text-decoration-line: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/arizonas-libertarian-senate-candidate-dropping-out-of-race-endorsing-masters?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Libertarian Senate candidate dropped out of the race</a> to endorse Masters just last week. This race has also produced several Blindspot stories where coverage is disproportionately coming from one side of the political spectrum. Right-leaning media outlets have focused on former Democratic party member <a style="text-decoration-line: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/tulsi-gabbard-to-campaign-for-kari-lake-blake-masters-in-arizona_e366de?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tulsi Gabbard&rsquo;s decision to campaign for Masters</a>, while left-leaning outlets have highlighted changes to <a style="text-decoration-line: none;" href="https://ground.news/article/blake-masters-backtracks-on-abortion?utm_source=headline-link&amp;utm_medium=share"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Masters&rsquo; position on abortion</a>.

Today, Americans are casting their ballots in the midterm elections which will decide the balance of power in Washington. Going into the elections, Democrats have a narrow hold over both House and Senate, but Republicans are expected to take control of the House. 

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The short answer is no, but don't worry, all hope is not lost.
 
 To have bias, is to be human. Being afraid of heights is a bias against high-up places. Disliking anchovies is a bias against the taste of a small fish. Bias can be useful. It can help you make quick decisions, or give you a sense of identity. But it can also have a negative impact when it comes to how information is presented.
 
 <h2>What is Bias?</h2>
 
 There are two main types of bias. Implicit bias includes the attitudes or beliefs that affect us in an unconscious manner. Explicit bias includes attitudes or beliefs that affect us in a conscious manner. 
 
 Explicit biases are our declared positions toward anything from the foods you like, the sports teams you support, and the types of people you tend to clash with. Implicit biases, however, are ones that you may not realize you have, and often don't align with our declared beliefs.
 
 <h2>How Does Bias Impact the News I Read?</h2>
 
 The people who own or lead a news organization may have explicit biases that influence the types of stories that are reported, which stories are given the most visibility, or the language and tone of the articles it publishes. 
 
 Perhaps a news outlet sees a gap in coverage and wants to fill that niche to reach a new audience. Or, maybe a local news outlet finds data on the political leaning of their community and shifts the language of their reporting to align with that position in the hopes of increasing readership. These decisions are informed by biases like, left-leaning stories are more successful these days, or, everyone who lives here is right-leaning. Whether these biases are based on opinion or fact varies.
 
 Implicit biases include beliefs or attitudes that unintentionally affect the way a story is reported. For example, a journalist who favors a certain politician may write that they had a “triumphant win” over the opposing candidate, rather than just stating that they “won”.
 
 Implicit biases are very challenging to identify within ourselves because they are unconscious. This is especially true when people tend to be surrounded by those who have similar views to our own. In this environment, there is no contrast to make us question our own beliefs.
 
 <h2>Is the News More Biased than it Used to Be?</h2> 
 
 Since its origin, the news has always been biased. In fact, in the nineteenth century it was normal for newspapers to have explicit affiliations with political parties. The writing style was grand and dramatic. News articles read more like novels. 
 
 If you compare the <a href='https://journalism.missouri.edu/the-j-school/the-j-school-legacy/'>Journalist's Creed</a>, written by the first dean of the Missouri School of Journalism over a century ago, to modern ethics codes for the <a href='https://caj.ca/ethics-guidelines'>Canadian Association of Journalists</a>, <a href='https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp'>the Society of Professional Journalists</a>, or other journalistic organizations, it's obvious that over time the practice has actually shifted towards objective, fact-based reporting. 
 
 <h2>Why is Everyone Talking About Media Bias Now?</h2>
 
 <a href='https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2960.html'>There is evidence</a> that over the past 30 years the shift to digital media has led to an increase in reporting that is more subjective, relies more heavily on argumentation and advocacy, and includes more emotional appeals. 
 
 A report titled, <a href='https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2314.html'>“Truth Decay”</a> from the RAND Corporation, a nonpartisan institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis, identified four interconnected media trends that offer insight into why media bias is such a major topic of conversation today.
 
 Increasing disagreement about facts and analytical interpretations of facts and data
 A blurring between opinion and fact
 An increase in the relative volume of opinion and personal experience over fact
 Declining trust in formerly respected sources of factual information
 
 <h2>How Can I Trust the News if it's All Biased?</h2> 
 
 A healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing when it comes to reading the news. To take what you see as blind truth is a recipe for disaster, especially in today's highly partisan media landscape. Instead of trying to find the perfect “unbiased” news source (remember, those don't actually exist), try the following tips:
 
 Read Multiple Perspectives
 
 See what both a left and right-leaning new source have to say about the same event. If there is bias in either of the articles, you're more likely to see it by comparing and contrasting the information. It's also an opportunity to discover how people with a different worldview see that issue. Give it a try by reading about <a href='https://ground.news/article/steve-bannon-sentenced-to-4-months-in-jail-for-contempt-of-congress_5d4ba4'>Steve Bannon being sentenced to 4 months in jail</a>.
 
 Use Data-Driven Tools
 
 There are several news organizations that use scientific methods to rate the bias of news organizations including <a href='https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news'>AllSides</a>, <a href='https://adfontesmedia.com/'>AdFontes</a> and <a href='https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/'>Media Bias/Fact Check</a>. On Ground News we take all of those ratings to show you the bias distribution for every news story.
 <img src='https://groundnews.b-cdn.net/assets/web/images/blog/biasChart-unbiased-news.png' alt='bias chart'/>
 
 Check Your Blindspots
 
 When we started Ground News we thought media bias was all about how an issue is covered. But media bias also includes what doesn't get covered. We noticed stories that were only being reported on by one side of the political spectrum and created the <a href='https://ground.news/blindspot'>'Blindspot' feed</a> to highlight these inconsistencies. It's a great place for readers who gravitate toward news outlets from one side of the spectrum to discover stories they might be missing.

To have bias, is to be human. Being afraid of heights is a bias against high-up places. Disliking anchovies is a bias against the taste of a small fish. Bias can be useful. It can help you make quick decisions, or give you a sense of identity. But it can also have a negative impact when it comes to how information is presented.

Are There Any Unbiased News Sources?

The discovery of the laptop alleged that the then vice president Joe Biden acted in Ukraine to protect his son from a corruption investigation by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. On October 14, 2020, the New York Post published an article based on an email from the laptop about a purported meeting between then-Vice President Joe Biden and Burisma advisor Vadym Pozharskyi. Below is a timeline of the media coverage of the events, highlighting the split in coverage between left-leaning and right-leaning news outlets.

You might have heard a lot (or a little) about Hunter Biden’s laptop depending on where you get your news. Let’s take a look at how this story played out on the left vs. the right.

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We believe that context is crucial, so we've assembled a coverage timeline of important but not universally reported events that led up to the January 6th Capitol Hill riot. It is easy, almost unavoidable, to see a pattern if we block out anything that doesn't fit it. Try reading the stories on just one side, then just the other side, then altogether. See if you can put yourself in the shoes of someone who came to a very different set of beliefs that you did.

On January 6, 2021 the U.S. Capital was locked down as Trump supporters broke into the building. Let’s take a look at media coverage of key events leading up to this moment.

Timeline: January 6th

We believe that context is crucial, so we've assembled a coverage timeline of important U.S.-Afghan events, spanning from the beginning of the Trump Administration to yesterday. Click on each story to dive deeper and compare how outlets covered the event.

On April 13, 2021 President Joe Biden announced he will withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. Let’s take a look at the events that led to this decision and how they were covered by the media.

Timeline: US Army Withdrawal from Afghanistan

From signing executive orders on the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative to wooing Latin American voters, people perceive President Donald Trump’s relationship with this demographic in different ways. These various vantage points have polarized news outlets, creating a very different narrative depending on where you look. As consumers face the challenge of navigating these murky waters, Ground News is here to help. Our intelligent algorithm has the ability to discern underlying nuances in coverage of events, bulletins and activities between the Trump administration and the Hispanic community.  There is a vast array of news about Trump and Hispanics. We don’t deliver “a version” of the news: we rate what’s out there and let you see inherent or overt biases. This effectively levels the field, allowing the average news reader to view side-by-side comparisons, learn the real facts and decide on the truth for themselves.  The Trump immigration policy has cheerleaders and naysayers; the Trump approval rating among Hispanics is varied; are Trump and Hispanics on the same side? These aren’t areas in which a news outlet should answer for you.  You deserve the bare facts and to make up your own mind. Our “power to the people” approach is evident here, as you can see the categorization of up-to-the-minute news bulletins about Trump and Hispanics. Check it out below and read more to understand how we deliver news without bias. Want more of the same? Go here to see the feed at Ground News.

There has been a lot of interest in Donald Trump’s relationship with Hispanic voters. Let’s take a look at how news media outlets on the left and the right cover the Trump administration’s handling of events that impact they have on Hispanic voters.

Timeline: Trump & Hispanics News Coverage

"It would be hard to pin down a more colorful, controversial character than President Donald Trump. His path to power has been polarizing. In a nation already divided by partisan politics, there is no doubt that the major swings between Democratic and Republican power in the last decade have heightened the tension. Donald Trump taking the presidency was no exclusion.

Donald Trump news makes headlines in virtually every 24-hour news cycle. Not just in U.S. news but on platforms around the world, what President Donald Trump says and does is always of interest. This is partly because of his powerful role as the U.S. president and partly because his behavior is predictably unpredictable."

Donald Trump makes headlines in virtually every news cycle, not just in the U.S., but around the world. Let’s take a look at how publications on the left and the right cover one of the most dominant media figures in recent history.

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