Lebanon vote seen as last chance in crisis-plagued nation

May 13, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    N/A

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

N/A

  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
" "Hezbollah holds the current parliamentary majority along with its allies, including the Lebanese Forces' rival Christian faction founded by President Michel Aoun.Heavily armed and backed by Iran, Hezbollah is expected to retain or possibly boost that majority in Sunday's vote, likely benefiting from a vacuum on the Sui leadership scene after former Prime Minister Saad Hariri bowed out of politics last year."
Negative
-2% Liberal
" Meanwhile, last year, Biden called it "un-American, an "atrocity," "Jim Crow in the 21st Century," and finally, "a blatant attack on the Constitution and good conscience.""
Positive
4% Conservative
" In January, Vice President Kamala Harris labeled the law an "anti-voter law" and stated that "many voters will likely be kept from voting.""
Negative
-16% Liberal

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Hezbollah holds the current parliamentary majority along with its allies, including the Lebanese Forces' rival Christian faction founded by President Michel Aoun.Heavily armed and backed by Iran, Hezbollah is expected to retain or possibly boost that majority in Sunday's vote, likely benefiting from a vacuum on the Sunni leadership scene after former Prime Minister Saad Hariri bowed out of politics last year.

*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.

Copy link