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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin Retiring at End of His Term

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    10% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -15% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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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-3% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : But in my heart, I know it's time to pass the torch.
60% : I wish I could show you my reaction, along with my mothers, but this is a family-friendly site.
56% : The threats to our democracy and way of life are very real, and I can assure you I'll do everything in my power to fight for Illinois and the future of our country every day of my remaining time in the senate, I've given over half of my life to House and Senate congressional service.

*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.

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