Cardinal sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican's financial 'trial of the century'

Dec 16, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -6% Center

  • Reliability

    5% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

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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

-29% Negative

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"Becciu, the former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican Secretariat of State, is the highest ranking Vatican official ever to face financial charges."
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"Becciu, a former close adviser to Francis, and 9 fellow defendants went on trial in 2021 for charges of embezzlement and other financial crimes after an investigation into a 350-million euro investment made by the Vatican Secretariat of State -- the office responsible for the political and diplomatic activity of the Holy See -- in a London high-end property."
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-8% Liberal
"Prison sentences for the other defendants ranged from three years and 9 months to seven years and six months."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Becciu, the former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican Secretariat of State, is the highest ranking Vatican official ever to face financial charges.
46% : Becciu, a former close adviser to Francis, and 9 fellow defendants went on trial in 2021 for charges of embezzlement and other financial crimes after an investigation into a 350-million euro investment made by the Vatican Secretariat of State -- the office responsible for the political and diplomatic activity of the Holy See -- in a London high-end property.
43% : Prison sentences for the other defendants ranged from three years and 9 months to seven years and six months.

*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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