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Media Bias Chart examines media coverage of Louisiana’s new bill requiring all schools that receive public funding to post the Christian religion’s Ten Commandments in classrooms. https://lnkd.in/g5-NXbSw

If you’d like to see a list of the 66 sources included on the TV/video static chart this month, it’s on our website. Here are the eight programs making their debut on the June chart: - CNN: Inside Politics with Dana Bash - CNN: The Chris Wallace Show - FOX 29 Philadelphia WTXF: The Six - Fox News: The Big Weekend Show - Newsmax: Newsline - Real America’s Voice: Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec - TYT Sports (YouTube) - Weather Channel TV Network https://lnkd.in/g35pdTeg

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer forced a vote on the Right to IVF Act, which would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. The bill would have also expanded access through insurance as well as for military members and veterans. This comes as both Democrats and Republicans are seeking to come up with a response to voters’ concerns about access to abortion and reproductive care — an issue that is expected to figure largely in the November election. Our team examined media coverage of the bill and its aftermath from across the political spectrum in this week’s Topic of the Week. https://lnkd.in/ewAzd4DC

Eight podcasts are included on the chart this month for the first time: - Crosstalk - Federal Newscast - Meghan McCain Has Entered The Chat - NewsBusters Podcast - Plain English with Derek Thompson - The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast - The PoliticsGirl Podcast - The Weekend Show Almost 70 million people listened to podcasts in 2023, and that’s expected to rise to more than 110 million listeners by 2029. While the podcasts cover a variety of topics, adults of all ages are increasingly turning to podcasts as a main source of news. Of course, like all media platforms, not all podcasts provide factual and unbiased information. Podcasts providing news and news-like content come from a variety of places — from mainstream media outlets to niche groups to independent podcasters. Our analyst team has listened to almost 2,900 episodes from 730 podcasts to help savvy media consumers choose reliable sources of audio news. Examples of all different kinds of podcasts are included on the June Media Bias Chart®. It’s impossible to include all 730 rated shows in one image, so a sample of 64 podcasts are featured on this month’s static media bias chart. https://lnkd.in/gTpk4SVJ

Biden Gives Speech in Normandy, France, in Commemoration of D-Day. Media Bias Chart examines media coverage of the event, which ranged from praise about the speech to questions about Biden’s mental fitness. Our analyst team examined the following articles about Biden’s speech from last week: “Biden’s D-Day Speech Nailed the Threat of Modern Fascism” from the Daily Beast, “Biden’s ‘perpetual state of confusion’ on display in Normandy amid rising cognitive questions” from Fox News (website), “Forty Years Later, Biden Seeks to Echo Reagan’s Legacy of American Leadership” from The New York Times, “Awkward moment Jill Biden appears to tell Joe not to sit at D-Day ceremony, but he does anyway” from the New York Post, “Video edited to make it appear Biden tried to sit down when there wasn’t a chair” from the Associated Press, and “Biden summons the legacy of WW2 heroes to call on Americans to protect democracy today” from CNN. The ratings for each of these articles can be found on the website. In this blog we will take a deeper dive into the reporting from the New York Post and the Daily Beast. https://lnkd.in/gFMxggv2

Eleven sources make their debut on this month’s chart: - Adweek - American Liberty News - El Especial | El Especialito - GB News - Harlem Community Newspapers - Howie Carr - Inverse - NBC4 Washington WRC - The American Tribune - The Keystone - The Maple https://lnkd.in/gPaxdsvD

Media Bias Chart examines coverage of the Trump verdict, which featured joy from the left and rebuttal from the right #MediaBiasChart #CheckYourBias #KnowYourSources https://lnkd.in/gH3kA72a

Facts vs. opinion: Can you recognize the difference in the news you consume? Media Bias Chart breaks down the difference, using examples from online news and cable TV. By: Beth Heldebrandt https://lnkd.in/g2jKAhDH