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DeSantis signs bill mandating lessons on history of communism for schoolchildren

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Published Apr 17, 2024
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  • Opposite Sources as Poor for the lower number of sources with different viewpoints.
  • Unique Sources as Fair for an average number of different sources.
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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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -12% Liberal:

  • 1 positive sentiment and 1 negative sentiment for Charter Schools.
  • 1 positive sentiment for Private Property

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 18% Negative and bias score of -18% Liberal:

2 negative sentiments and 4 positive sentiments for Ron DeSantis

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2% DeSantis said the "comprehensive" program includes lessons on countries like Cuba, China and Venezuela, as well as history of communist movements in the U.S. ..."
2% HIALEAH, Fla. (WFLA) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday requiring lessons about the history of communism for schoolchildren in all grades.nn"
0% "nnThis comes a day after DeSantis signed a lengthy education bill, which curtailed book challenges and laid out a path for struggling public schools ..."
0% "The truth will set us free," DeSantis said."
-2% "Decrying the communist indoctrination in universities, DeSantis said the legislation builds upon a 2020 bill that requires Florida schools to observe Nov. 7 as ..."
-2% Decrying the "communist indoctrination" in universities, DeSantis said the legislation builds upon a 2020 bill that requires Florida schools to observe Nov. 7 as ..."
-10% "This comes a day after DeSantis signed a lengthy education bill, which curtailed book challenges and laid out a path for struggling public schools ..."
-22% Neither Diaz nor DeSantis specified how those institutions were imposing communist ideology on students.nn"

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Decrying the "communist indoctrination" in universities, DeSantis said the legislation builds upon a 2020 bill that requires Florida schools to observe Nov. 7 as "Victims of Communism Day."The bill, titled "History of Communism" (SB-1264), sets requirements for public schools to teach lessons about communism in the U.S. and abroad beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.
45% : "This comes a day after DeSantis signed a lengthy education bill, which curtailed book challenges and laid out a path for struggling public schools to transition into charter schools, among other policy changes.

*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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