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Happy National Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day! More on both holidays -- and the complicated history of the two

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Source Yahoo News bias rating
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Eva Terry
Published Oct 09, 2023
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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 10% Conservative:

  • 1 negative sentiment for Black Lives Matter Protest

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 66% Positive and bias score of -6% Liberal:

1 positive sentiment for Benjamin Harrison
1 positive sentiment for Franklin Roosevelt
1 positive sentiment for Joe Biden

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Black Lives Matter Protest

Politicians:

Benjamin Harrison
Franklin Roosevelt
Joe Biden

Sentiments

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36% A century later in 1892, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison encouraged Americans to honor the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival."
24% Then, in 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt approved Columbus Day as a federal holiday, setting it as the second Monday of October, per the Smithsonian.nn"
18% President Joe Biden declared Indigenous Peoples Day a federal holiday in 2021, and set the date also as the second Monday of October, per ..."
-30% "Tilsen said that Indigenous Peoples Day is not only meant to recognize the painful history Indigenous people have faced, but it is also a ..."

*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:

35% : Tilsen said that Indigenous Peoples Day is not only meant to recognize the painful history Indigenous people have faced, but it is also "a day of protest and resistance.

*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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