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  <title>105 – AllSides with Julie Mastrine</title>
  <description>Julie Mastrine of AllSides joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis in a freewheeling conversation about the media.&amp;amp;nbsp; Conservatives love to complain of the liberal media bias, but are their complaints founded or over exaggerated?&amp;amp;nbsp; Do “both sides” have a bias problem?&amp;amp;nbsp; How do they differ and how are they similar?&amp;amp;nbsp; Are there times when bias is acceptable and even welcome?&amp;amp;nbsp; Is bias the same as inaccuracy or dishonesty?&amp;amp;nbsp; How might you identify media bias and what can we do about it? &amp;amp;nbsp; About Julie Mastrine Julie Mastrine is a writer and online marketing professional who is passionate about being a responsible member of the media. &amp;amp;nbsp;She believes in promoting critical thinking and traditional values. &amp;amp;nbsp; Julie creates engaging online content to help brands communicate, tell their stories, and get attention.&amp;amp;nbsp; Her content has earned millions of online impressions.&amp;amp;nbsp; As Director of Marketing and Media Bias Ratings at&amp;amp;nbsp;AllSides, Julie oversaw a 1,684% increase in total social media impressions for AllSides in just three years and a 1,656% increase in website traffic. &amp;amp;nbsp;Julie created the&amp;amp;nbsp;AllSides Media Bias Chart™, which has been viewed and shared&amp;amp;nbsp;tens of millions of times&amp;amp;nbsp;and published in numerous academic textbooks.&amp;amp;nbsp; She&amp;amp;nbsp;frequently conducts media bias research to bolster AllSide’s&amp;amp;nbsp;media bias ratings,&amp;amp;nbsp;and wrote the highly trafficked guide,&amp;amp;nbsp;12 Types of Media Bias. &amp;amp;nbsp; Julie is also a frequent&amp;amp;nbsp;writer and editor,&amp;amp;nbsp;writing regularly for AllSides and&amp;amp;nbsp;Evie Magazine&amp;amp;nbsp;on topics such as politics, culture and relationships. &amp;amp;nbsp;And her work has also appeared in&amp;amp;nbsp;The Epoch Times, USA Today, The Federalist,&amp;amp;nbsp;and other publications. &amp;amp;nbsp; When she’s not immersed in media, Julie is also a fire dancer and performance artist. &amp;amp;nbsp; You can learn more about Julie on her website and follow her on Twitter @juliewrites &amp;amp;nbsp; About AllSides Is a web-based organization dedicated to strengthening our democratic society with balanced news, diverse perspectives, and real conversation.&amp;amp;nbsp; AllSides exposes people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world—and each other. &amp;amp;nbsp;Their balanced news coverage,&amp;amp;nbsp;media bias ratings, civil dialogue opportunities, and technology platform are available for everyone and can be integrated by schools, nonprofits, media companies, and more. &amp;amp;nbsp; AllSides displays the day’s&amp;amp;nbsp;top news stories&amp;amp;nbsp;from the Left, Center, and Right of the political spectrum—side-by-side so you can see the full picture. &amp;amp;nbsp; AllSides also provides&amp;amp;nbsp;Media Bias Ratings&amp;amp;nbsp;for over 800 media outlets and writers, so you can easily identify different perspectives. &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
  <author_name>Saving Elephants | Millennials defending &amp;amp; expressing conservative values</author_name>
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