Coverage of violence in Nigeria has exposed sharp partisan divides in media sourcing and framing. Outlets labeled by news bias monitors as having a left lean, such as CNN, The Associated Press and The Washington Post, cited or quoted the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, which reported only a few hundred Christians killed for their faith since 2020 — data suggesting most violence is indiscriminate. Right-leaning outlets, like Fox News, the New York Post and The Federalist, relied on Christian and Nigerian-based groups such as Open Doors and Intersociety, which reported thousands of targeted Christian deaths. Julie Mastrine, Director of Media Bias Ratings at AllSides, joins Bias Breakdown for an in-depth analysis of just how these newsroom decisions represent bias in the American news landscape. You’ll learn more about how these decisions qualify as “slant” and “omission.” It is a similar trend in other conflicts, from Gaza to Ukraine, where compet…