WLTX News 19 Columbia Article RatingHe came face to face with an alleged serial killer. 12 years later, his tip helped crack the case.
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-6% Center
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45% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
-36% Medium Liberal
- Politician Portrayal
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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.
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| "The question has vexed some law enforcement officials as well." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "When you have the police department and the district attorney's office blocking the FBI, that does not engender trust in law enforcement." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The law enforcement officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose information about the investigation." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "This was a dark cloud over the community, recalled Tim Sini, who succeeded Burke as police commissioner and later became the county's district attorney." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Four years later, Burke was sentenced to 46 months in prison after he was found to have conspired to cover-up his beating of a man who had discovered sex toys and pornography inside his car." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Shortly after taking over the Suffolk County police department in 2012, James Burke moved to end cooperation with the FBI amid federal scrutiny of his own misconduct." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
49% : The question has vexed some law enforcement officials as well.45% : "When you have the police department and the district attorney's office blocking the FBI, that does not engender trust in law enforcement."
38% : The law enforcement officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose information about the investigation.
*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.