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A Suspect in the Fatal Shooting of 18 in Maine is Still at Large. Residents are Sheltering in Place

Oct 26, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -1% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Keeping in mind the strong support for gun rights, lawmakers passed a "yellow flag" law in 2019 that would require police to seek a medical evaluation of anyone believed to be dangerous before then trying to take their guns away.
50% : Schools 50 miles (80 kilometers) away in the town of Kennebunk closed as the search continued.
48% : Maine doesn't require permits to carry guns, and the state has a longstanding culture of gun ownership that is tied to its traditions of hunting and sport shooting.
46% : Schools, doctor's offices and grocery stores closed and people stayed behind locked doors in cities as far away as 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the scenes of Wednesday night's shootings in Lewiston.

*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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