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NBC Connecticut Article Rating

Man from Connecticut among group of Americans imprisoned in Iran

Aug 10, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    58% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -33% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Tahbaz and four other Americans were placed under house arrest in the first step of a planned prisoner exchange between Tehran and Washington, D.C.
44% : Iran would also be allowed to access the funds to buy food, medicine or other humanitarian purposes, in accordance with existing U.S. sanctions against the country.
35% : Vida Tahbaz is Morad's wife, who has also been unjustly held in Iran, but not imprisoned, according to Murphy.
20% : A man from Weston is among a group of five Americans that were allegedly wrongfully imprisoned in Iran, according to Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal.

*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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