'Mass casualty' event: At least 22 dead, dozens injured in active shooting in Lewiston, Maine

  • Bias Rating

    22% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% 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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"The police intelligence bulletin, reviewed by The Associated Press, was being circulated to law enforcement officials on Wednesday night."
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16% Conservative
"Again please stay off the streets and allow law enforcement to diffuse the situation."
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10% Conservative
"The alert for Lewiston was made shortly after 8 p.m. as the sheriff's office reported that law enforcement agencies were investigating two active shooter events."
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-6% Liberal
"Gov. Janet Mills released a statement echoing those instructions."
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10% Conservative
"The White House said President Joe Biden also had been briefed.President Joe Biden had spoken by phone to Mills and the state's Congress members, offering full federal support in the wake of this horrific attack, a White House statement said."
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-38% Liberal
"The White House said President Joe Biden also had been briefed.President Joe Biden had spoken by phone to Mills and the state's Congress members, offering full federal support in the wake of this horrific attack, a White House statement said."
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-38% Liberal
"The White House said President Joe Biden also had been briefed.President Joe Biden had spoken by phone to Mills and the state's Congress members, offering full federal support in the wake of this horrific attack, a White House statement said."
Negative
-38% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The police intelligence bulletin, reviewed by The Associated Press, was being circulated to law enforcement officials on Wednesday night.
55% : "Again please stay off the streets and allow law enforcement to diffuse the situation.
47% : "The alert for Lewiston was made shortly after 8 p.m. as the sheriff's office reported that law enforcement agencies were investigating "two active shooter events."

*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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