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Toronto Star Article Rating

Liberals make gains in Quebec, but Bloc Québécois may hold balance of power

Apr 29, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    34% 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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Overall Sentiment

38% Positive

  •   Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The suburban ridings around Montreal are traditionally friendly to the Bloc, and political observers were looking to it as a bellwether region.
25% : Earlier in the campaign, with public attention focused on U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs and annexation, polling suggested the party was at risk of winning fewer than the 12 seats it needed to retain official party status.

*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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