AllSides is an American company that assesses the

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of prominent media outlets, and presents different versions of similar news stories from sources of the political right,

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, and center, in a mission to show readers news outside their filter bubble. 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

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results from community feedback. AllSides uses these rankings to produce media bias charts listing popular sources. AllSides was founded in 2012 by John Gable, a former Republican political aide turned Silicon Valley manager working at

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, and Scott McDonald, a software developer. AllSides uses a "multi-partisan" methodology first developed by conservative professor

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and his collaborator

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. AllSides partnered with activist

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to launch a classroom program, AllSides for Schools, and has partnered with other organizations to provide programs such as Mismatch, a platform to connect users who differ politically and geographically.

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* {{Official website, https://www.allsides.com Internet properties established in 2012 Media bias

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