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TheBlaze Rated Right in May 2023 Blind Bias Survey
TheBlaze’s AllSides Media Bias Rating™ was confirmed as Right in our May 2023 Blind Bias Survey.
Respondents who rated their own bias as Left, Lean Left, Center or Lean Right rated TheBlaze as Right; respondents on the Right rated its bias as Lean Right. The average rating was Right, confirming AllSides existing media bias rating for TheBlaze.
A total of 1,009 people across the political spectrum took the survey, including 102 respondents with a self-reported Left bias; 223 with a Lean Left bias; 309 with a Center bias; 299 with a Lean Right bias, and 76 with a Right bias.
A one-two combo of income from higher fees and fewer losses from lousy loans resulted in U.S. banks earning more from January through March than during any quarter on record.
The banking industry earned $40.3 billion in the first quarter, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) said Wednesday. Thats the highest ever for a single quarter and up 15.8 percent from the first quarter of 2012, when the industrys profits were $34.8 billion.
“Todays report shows further progress in the recovery that has been underway in the banking industry for more than three years, FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg said in a statement.