Man takes hostages at synagogue, demands prisoner be freed

Jan 16, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

  • Reliability
  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    16% Positive

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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"We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community, and we pray that law enforcement authorities are able to swiftly and safely free the hostages."
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18% Conservative
"It's an evolving situation, and we have a lot of law enforcement personnel on scene, Chaumont said."
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0% Conservative
"At least four hostages were initially believed to be inside the synagogue, according to two law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community, and we pray that law enforcement authorities are able to swiftly and safely free the hostages.
50% : "It's an evolving situation, and we have a lot of law enforcement personnel on scene," Chaumont said.
43% : At least four hostages were initially believed to be inside the synagogue, according to two law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

*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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