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Israel-bound flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after terror attack on board

  • Bias Rating

    -54% Medium Left

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -54% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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-37% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : A third passenger told Israel's Channel 12, "There were moments when we were sure this was the end.
49% : "The incident is under control, and all measures are now being taken to return the Israeli passengers safely to Israel.
40% : " Israel and Saudi Arabia do not have formal diplomatic relations, but the two countries maintain ties.
39% : An Israeli official briefed the media and was quoted by Israel's Channel 12 as saying that one pilot stabbed the other and attempted to "do a 9/11" -- either by hijacking the plane and flying it toward Israel or crashing it.
38% : He called for Israel to hold accountable the "state or terrorist organization" responsible for the incident.

*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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