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Explainer: BBC crisis: What caused it and what happens next?

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  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -48% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -65% 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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-46% Negative

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40% : AN INTERNAL MEMO SEIZED ON BY CRITICS The scandal was sparked by the leaking of an internal memo from a former standards adviser that listed what he said were failings in the BBC's coverage of Trump, the Israel-Hamas war, and transgender rights.
34% : Jon Sopel, formerly the BBC's North America editor, said on his podcast on Monday that Gibb had pursued complaints of a left-wing bias in the BBC's output, but never a right-wing bias, as alleged by some on the left over its coverage of Israel.

*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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