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Abortion is on the ballot in Iowa. Will it matter?

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Source The Gazette bias rating
Published Aug 29, 2022
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The Bias Rating is computed based on a number of factors including bias loaded words, sentiments towards certain political policies, author bias towards politicians, and the amount of tone found in the article.

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*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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*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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Reliability Score Analysis

The Reliability Score of the article is determined on a percentage score basis from 0 to 100%.

  • Opposite Sources as Poor for the lower number of sources with different viewpoints.
  • Unique Sources as Poor for the lower number of different sources.
  • Multiple Sources as Poor for the lower number of total sources.
  • Multiple Quotes as Poor for the lower number of quotes used in the article.
  • Quote Length as Poor for the lower number of words used in each quote.

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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 62% Conservative:

  • 1 positive sentiment and 3 negative sentiments for Abortion.
  • 1 negative sentiment for Criminal justice
  • 1 negative sentiment for Government Interference

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 92% Negative and bias score of -10% Liberal:

5 negative sentiments for Kim Reynolds
1 negative sentiment for Ashley Hinson
1 negative sentiment for Joe Biden

Policies:

Criminal justice
Government Interference
Abortion

Politicians:

Kim Reynolds
Ashley Hinson
Joe Biden

Sentiments

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22% "So it's no surprise Republican candidates are not shouting anti-abortion diatribes from the rooftops.""
-2% Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds supports draconian restrictions on abortion rights."
-14% And yet, a Des Moines Register Mediacom Iowa Poll released in July showed that 24 percent of voters who support legal abortion and plan ..."
-24% "Between June 24, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and tossed a constitutional right to abortion, and a mid-July registration ..."
-26% "Young Iowans have the most to lose if abortion is effectively banned.""
-26% U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson favors abortion restrictions but has tried to distract voters by saying she opposes charging women who get abortions with crimes ..."
-28% The surest way to protect reproductive rights is to defeat Reynolds.nn"
-38% "Reynolds has asked a state court to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of a six week abortion ban, picking a slow boat through the ..."
-48% "What we do know is if voters don't deliver change, Reynolds, the GOP Legislature and a conservative state Supreme Court will yank away the ..."
-62% "Although abortion was a big issue in several GOP primaries, GOP general election hopefuls are emphasizing economic issues while arguing all Democrats are Joe ..."

We have listed the top 10 sentiments. More sentiments do exist. Please review the full article for more information.

*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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : So it's no surprise Republican candidates are not shouting anti-abortion diatribes from the rooftops.
38% : Between June 24, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and tossed a constitutional right to abortion, and a mid-July registration deadline, 33,000 Kansans registered to vote.
37% : Young Iowans have the most to lose if abortion is effectively banned.
31% : Reynolds has asked a state court to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of a six week abortion ban, picking a slow boat through the courts instead of a special legislative session that would have shined a glaring spotlight on the issue.
26% : What we do know is if voters don't deliver change, Reynolds, the GOP Legislature and a conservative state Supreme Court will yank away the rights of Iowans who want to make difficult, personal medical decisions without government interference.
19% : Although abortion was a big issue in several GOP primaries, GOP general election hopefuls are emphasizing economic issues while arguing all Democrats are Joe Biden.

*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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