Japan court sentences arsonist to death over 2019 Kyoto Animations attack

  • Bias Rating

    -38% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -38% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

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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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-64% Negative

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"According to the Death Penalty Information Center, there are currently 106 inmates on death row in Japan."
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-18% Liberal
"Judge Masuda Keisuke sided with prosecutors on Thursday and handed down the guilty verdict and death sentence, stating the 45-year-old man was neither insane nor suffering from diminished mental capacity, public broadcaster NHK reported."
Negative
-22% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : According to the Death Penalty Information Center, there are currently 106 inmates on death row in Japan.
39% : Judge Masuda Keisuke sided with prosecutors on Thursday and handed down the guilty verdict and death sentence, stating the 45-year-old man was neither insane nor suffering from diminished mental capacity, public broadcaster NHK reported.

*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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