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Armed man dressed as officer arrested in fake DC police jeep near US Capitol

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  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -5% 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.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The Washington D.C. SPO program allows individuals to be licensed by the mayor's office to carry a weapon in the District; the program applies to people who volunteer or are contracted to work with law enforcement, as well as others in the private sector including security guards.
48% : He was described as a licensed Special Police Officer (SPO) under DC law, but such individuals are not authorised to conduct law enforcement activity without assignment and there was no indication that he was employed or contracted by any law enforcement agency.
47% : MPD officials did not immediately respond to a request for clarification regarding whether Mr Newman had ever worked with law enforcement in the past.

*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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