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The Mercury News Article Rating

Newsom calls on California cities to effectively ban homeless encampments

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    20% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    40% Positive

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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-17% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Last year, Newsom ordered state agencies to close more camps and urged local governments to do the same.
24% : | Bay Area News Group As public frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to effectively ban public camping and move faster to close dangerous encampments.

*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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