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USA Today Article Rating

Boston mayoral race heads to runoff between incumbent Michelle Wu and son of Patriots' owner

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    36% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -4% 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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Overall Sentiment

22% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : During her term, she signed an ordinance to divest millions in city investments from companies that benefit from fossil fuels, announced $50 million to improve apartments in the neighborhood Jamaica Plain and helped expand access to Boston's pre-kindergarten program, according to news reports.
50% : He has advocated for increasing mental health professionals across Boston public schools, partnering with non-profit legal organizations to help LGBTQ+ individuals, and the creation of an independent Office of Rat and Pest Control, according to his website.
44% : The Justice Department on Sept. 4 filed a lawsuit against the city's sanctuary city policy, which limits how much local police cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

*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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