Lexology Article Rating- Bias Rating
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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.
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "Last year, it recommended that the government allow the use of marijuana to treat refractory epilepsy." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Last week, a panel made up of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare pushed for an update to the country's laws and rules to permit the importation of medical marijuana products." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Passed in 1948, Japan's Cannabis Control Act bans the import, export, production, sale, possession, and research of marijuana." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Japan is actually the only G7 country not to authorize the use of epilepsy drugs that contain CBD derived from marijuana (rather than industrial hemp) although that's likely to change shortly." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "What's awkward here is that Japan seems to be struggling specifically about what to do with marijuana within its borders." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Marijuana is also hugely stigmatized there." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Japan is very conservative when it comes to marijuana: there is a strict ban on its importation, production, and possession, and violating existing laws carries some of the harshest punishments on the globe." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Weirdly enough, the use of marijuana may not be officially illegal in Japan." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "This is because, allegedly, a loophole exists in the Cannabis Control Act that protected hemp farmers from criminal prosecution if they inevitably inhaled marijuana smoke from their hemp crop." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| Mohyeldin took to Twitter to question the Christian bona fides of Evangelical voters who are sticking by Walker, the MAGA Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia currently held by Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock. | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| Walker has supported South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's proposed national abortion ban, though Walker thinks the law doesn't go far enough--he wants abortion banned entirely with no exceptions, whereas Graham's legislation bans it after 15 weeks. | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| Walker has supported South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's proposed national abortion ban, though Walker thinks the law doesn't go far enough--he wants abortion banned entirely with no exceptions, whereas Graham's legislation bans it after 15 weeks. | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| Prominent GOP figures, including Graham, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and former Republican President Donald Trump have publicly claimed the scandal is a Democrat-led hoax with the aim of boosting Warnock's chances in November, and they're sticking by him no matter what.nn | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| Prominent GOP figures, including Graham, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and former Republican President Donald Trump have publicly claimed the scandal is a Democrat-led hoax with the aim of boosting Warnock's chances in November, and they're sticking by him no matter what.nn | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| Prominent GOP figures, including Graham, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and former Republican President Donald Trump have publicly claimed the scandal is a Democrat-led hoax with the aim of boosting Warnock's chances in November, and they're sticking by him no matter what.nn | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| Prominent GOP figures, including Graham, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and former Republican President Donald Trump have publicly claimed the scandal is a Democrat-led hoax with the aim of boosting Warnock's chances in November, and they're sticking by him no matter what.nn | Negative | -68% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : Last year, it recommended that the government allow the use of marijuana to treat "refractory epilepsy."54% : Last week, a panel made up of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare pushed for an update to the country's laws and rules to permit the importation of medical marijuana products.
50% :Passed in 1948, Japan's Cannabis Control Act bans the import, export, production, sale, possession, and research of marijuana.
46% : Japan is actually the only G7 country not to authorize the use of epilepsy drugs that contain CBD derived from marijuana (rather than industrial hemp) although that's likely to change shortly.
45% : What's awkward here is that Japan seems to be struggling specifically about what to do with marijuana within its borders.
40% : Marijuana is also hugely stigmatized there.
36% : Japan is very conservative when it comes to marijuana: there is a strict ban on its importation, production, and possession, and violating existing laws carries some of the harshest punishments on the globe.
35% : Weirdly enough, the use of marijuana may not be officially illegal in Japan.
34% : This is because, allegedly, a loophole exists in the Cannabis Control Act that protected hemp farmers from criminal prosecution if they inevitably inhaled "marijuana smoke" from their hemp crop.
*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.