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The Seattle Times Article Rating

DOJ opens investigation into new WA law

  • Bias Rating

    Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -59% 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

-14% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Sharon Huling with the Clergy Accountability Coalition, in support of the legislation, argued in January the state constitution guarantees absolute freedom of conscience in all matters religious, but "it should not be so construed to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state.

*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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