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The Irish Times Article Rating

Fintan O'Toole: Catherine Connolly is going to win. Heather Humphreys needs to be a better loser

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -48% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -55% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

23% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The Conservatives, while in government, spread hysteria about "an activist blob of left-wing lawyers" as the villains of the "small boats" scare.
60% : During the general election of February 2020 the party sent out Regina Doherty to allege that Fianna Fáil was preparing to enter government with Sinn Féin.

*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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