ReutersExplainer: What is the Panama Canal and why has Trump threatened to take it over?
- Bias Rating
- Reliability
70% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
26% Somewhat Right
- Politician Portrayal
-62% Negative
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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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-6% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
48% : Reporting by Sarah Morland in Mexico City; Additional reporting by Elida Moreno in Panama City; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab Suggested Topics:Land Use & BiodiversityDonald TrumpWater Management Sarah Morland Thomson Reuters Sarah is a British-French journalist covering news from across Latin America and the Caribbean, including gender violence, mining developments, regional finance and conflict in Haiti.45% : "It was given to Panama and the people of Panama, but it has provisions," Trump said of the canal.
39% : He said the canal's tariffs were carefully and transparently evaluated, and that these maintain the canal and helped expand it in 2016, boosting traffic and global trade.
16% : On Sunday, Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control, citing what he said were excessive fees to use the canal and a risk of Chinese influence.
*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.
