Hundreds stranded all night on snowy highway in Virginia | The China Post, Taiwan

Jan 04, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    46% Negative

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

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"People could be seen walking down traffic lanes still covered with ice and snow."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Crews were working to tow the stopped trucks and to remove snow and ice while guiding stranded motorists to the nearest exits, transportation officials said."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"He said that effort was complicated by disabled vehicles, freezing temperatures and ice."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Northam said he opted not to request National Guard help because the issue facing state crews was not a lack of manpower but the difficulty of getting workers and equipment through the snow and ice to where they needed to be."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Gov. Ralph Northam said his team responded through the night, sending out emergency messages to coect drivers with help and working with local officials to set up warming shelters as needed."
Positive
18% Conservative
"and as you can see on the cameras, Northam told Washington radio station WTOP Tuesday morning."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Kaine described camaraderie among those who were stranded, including a Coecticut family returning from a Florida vacation who walked up and down lines of parked cars sharing a bag of oranges."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Sen. Tim Kaine, who lives in Richmond, said he was stuck in his car 21 hours after starting his two-hour commute to the Capitol at 1 p.m. Monday."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Northam said he opted not to request National Guard help because the issue facing state crews was not a lack of manpower but the difficulty of getting workers and equipment through the snow and ice to where they needed to be."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"This has been a miserable experience, Kaine told WTOP."
Negative
-34% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : People could be seen walking down traffic lanes still covered with ice and snow.
45% : Crews were working to tow the stopped trucks and to remove snow and ice while guiding stranded motorists to the nearest exits, transportation officials said.
45% : He said that effort was complicated by disabled vehicles, freezing temperatures and ice.
39% : Northam said he opted not to request National Guard help because the issue facing state crews was not a lack of manpower but the difficulty of getting workers and equipment through the snow and ice to where they needed to be.

*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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