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The Irish Times Article Rating

IRA double agent and murderer 'very well rewarded financially' by British army, report reveals

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  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

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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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-7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : He said the UK government's "first duty is of course to protect national security, and identifying agents risks jeopardising this". Describing the report as "sobering", he said Stakeknife's behaviour was "deeply disturbing" and "should not have happened", adding that the use of agents is now "subject to strict regulation".

*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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