Hundreds stuck for nearly a day on highway after Virginia snowstorm | CBC News

Jan 04, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    56% 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

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"People could be seen walking down traffic lanes still covered with ice and snow."
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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
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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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