AlterNet Article RatingThe ballad of Buckley's blowhard
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "Lieberman may have theoretically supported Clinton in 2016, but he was happy to work with Trump." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "He seems to have been relatively iocuous during these years, primarily working on enforcing environmental laws and consumer protection issues." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "He played an absolutely critical role in making sure that the Affordable Care Act had no public option." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
68% : Lieberman may have theoretically supported Clinton in 2016, but he was happy to work with Trump.57% : He seems to have been relatively innocuous during these years, primarily working on enforcing environmental laws and consumer protection issues.
49% : He played an absolutely critical role in making sure that the Affordable Care Act had no public option.
48% : Secretary of Energy Carmen Electra, Secretary of Defense Xena the Warrior Princess."
44% : He generally supported same-sex marriage, cosponsored the 1990 Clean Air Act, and voted against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
35% : He came out strongly in favor of the No Child Left Behind Act, calling it a "progressive piece of legislation."
21% : Lieberman always had a soft spot for Trump.
13% : Trump nearly named him FBI director to replace James Comey, which would have been a total shitshow.
11% : I wonder if Lieberman would have toadied up to Trump in the required manner or whether his "look out for me and me alone" mentality would have let to a total blowup.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.