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CNBC Article Rating

Dick's Sporting Goods to acquire Foot Locker for $2.4 billion in effort to corner Nike market

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -52% 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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Overall Sentiment

56% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The proposed combination raises considerable anti-competition concerns, but Wall Street expects President Donald Trump's Federal Trade Commission to be more favorable to mergers. Foot Locker shares soared more than 80% after the deal was announced Thursday.

*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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