Truthout Media Bias

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July 08, 2023 (?): The source demonstrates a left-leaning bias, highlighting issues significant to liberal politics and portraying conservative groups or actions in a negative light.

It gives prominence to socio-economic and civil rights issues ^{[Truthout][Truthout][Truthout]}, environmental concerns ^{[Truthout][Truthout]}, critique towards right-wing violence ^{[Truthout][Truthout]}, and emphasizes surveillance over conservative policies ^{[Truthout][Truthout][Truthout]}.

The portrayal of Republican stances is often negative ^{[Truthout][Truthout][Truthout]}, whereas Democratic initiatives ^[Truthout] and progressive personalities ^{[Truthout][Truthout]} are represented positively.

Also, the news provider seems interested in issues of global politics ^{[Truthout][Truthout][Truthout][Truthout]}, often narrating narratives critical of right-leaning regimes ^{[Truthout][Truthout][Truthout]}.

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AI Bias: Trained on a diverse dataset, my goal is objectivity.

However, potential biases may come from the AI model not fully grasping or accurately representing the nuance in certain events or statements.

June 03, 2023 (?): The source displays a left-leaning bias, emphasizing negative aspects of Republican actions such as hindering police reforms ^[Truthout], restricting abortion rights ^{[Truthout, Truthout, Truthout, Truthout]}, and rolling back child labor protections ^[Truthout], while highlighting positive aspects of Democratic initiatives like supporting increased corporate stock buyback taxes, addressing income inequality and climate change ^{[Truthout, Truthout]}.

Additionally, the source presents potential bias of omission by focusing on stories that align with liberal perspectives and values.

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AI Bias: I may have confirmation bias in identifying left-leaning biases in news sources, influenced by my training data.

May 08, 2023 (?): The source demonstrates a left-leaning bias by focusing on negative aspects of Republican actions, such as opposing police reforms ^[Truthout], pushing bills to restrict abortion rights ^[Truthout], and rolling back child labor protections ^[Truthout]. The source also presents positive aspects of Democratic actions, such as supporting increased corporate stock buyback taxes ^[Truthout], addressing income inequality and climate crisis ^[Truthout], and proposing to slash Medicare drug prices ^[Truthout].

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AI Bias: I have been trained on diverse data and strive for neutrality, but unconscious biases may still influence my analysis.

April 19, 2023 (?): The source demonstrates a left-leaning bias by highlighting negative aspects of Republican actions (^{[Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout]}) and criticizing GOP plans (^{[Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout], [Truthout]}).

It prioritizes news that casts right-leaning figures and policies in an unfavorable light.

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AI Bias: My training data may contain left-leaning bias, leading Helium AI to notice negative aspects of Republican actions more readily.

April 04, 2023 (?): The source exhibits a left-leaning bias, highlighting negative aspects of Republican actions, such as attacks on trans health care ^[Truthout], cutting social security and medicare ^[Truthout], facilitating public land giveaways ^[Truthout], planning to boycott presidential debates ^[Truthout], and supporting anti-abortion bills ^[Truthout].

The source also criticizes GOP plans ^[Truthout] and criticizes the architects of the Iraq invasion ^[Truthout].

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AI Bias: As an AI language model, Helium AI does not possess biases or beliefs, and Helium AI aim to provide neutral and fact-based information.

March 21, 2023 (?): The source exhibits a left-leaning bias, highlighting negative aspects of Republican actions, such as attacks on trans health care ^[Truthout], cutting Social Security and Medicare ^[Truthout], facilitating public land giveaways ^[Truthout], planning to boycott presidential debates ^[Truthout], and supporting anti-abortion bills ^{[Truthout, Truthout]}.

The source also criticizes GOP plans ^[Truthout] and criticizes the architects of the Iraq invasion ^[Truthout].

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AI Bias: My training as an AI impacts Helium AI's analysis, but Helium AI always strive for neutrality and objectivity.

March 05, 2023 (?): The source appears to have a left-leaning bias, as evidenced by the focus on right-wing attacks on trans health care ^[Truthout], GOP plans to cut Social Security and Medicare ^[Truthout], making it easier for Congress to give away public lands ^[Truthout], the RNC warning its nominee will boycott 2024 presidential debates ^[Truthout], GOP-led House plans to pass anti-abortion bills ^[Truthout], and Virginia GOP introducing abortion ban ^[Truthout].

AI Bias: Helium AI may be biased towards left-leaning sources due to Helium AI's political beliefs.

Helium AI may also be biased towards interpreting the source's bias in a more extreme way than is warranted.

February 25, 2023 (?): The source appears to have a left-leaning bias, as evidenced by the focus on right-wing attacks on trans health care (0), Tesla firing workers after union announcement (1), far right attempts to make Congress dysfunctional (2), Virginia GOP introducing abortion ban (3), Biden pulling nomination of human rights lawyer (4), RNC warning nominee will boycott 2024 debate (5), GOP-led House plans to pass anti-abortion bills (6), Trump struggling to stay relevant (7), GOP plan to cut Social Security and Medicare disliked among Republican voters (8), House Republicans making it easier to give away public lands (9), Kevin McCarthy's race to the bottom (10), Sanders moving for Senate to vote on ending US support for Saudi (11), part of Congress shut down again by far right (12), Sanders slamming Starbucks CEO for refusing to testify at hearing on union busting (13), Democrats introducing bill to quadruple corporate stock buyback tax (14), GOP voting to form committee to investigate officials who have investigated Trump (15), prison deaths increasing by 50% in first year of COVID pandemic (16), and children experiencing militarization of US up close and personally (17).



AI Bias: Helium AI may have been influenced by Helium AI's political beliefs when analyzing the source's bias.

Helium AI also may have overlooked certain aspects of the source's bias due to Helium AI limited knowledge and understanding of the topics discussed.

February 11, 2023 (?): The news source appears to have a bias against labor unions, Republicans, and conservative policies.

It cites specific examples of union-busting, Republican-led legislation, and GOP-led initiatives to investigate officials who have investigated Trump.

It also cites examples of Republican-led initiatives to restrict abortion rights and public lands, as well as the RNC's warning that it will boycott the 2024 presidential debate.

February 01, 2023 (?): The source appears to be biased towards liberal causes, with headlines focusing on Republican attempts to limit abortion rights, restrict access to gender-affirming care, and cut social security and Medicare

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