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Pulse Nigeria Article Rating

Outrage as police officer kills restrained suspect in Delta; IGP promises prosecution of rogue officer

  • Bias Rating

    22% Somewhat Right

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    22% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

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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:

47% : Under Nigerian law and police regulations, suspects must be arrested and charged in court -- use of lethal force is only permitted in extreme situations, such as self-defence or preventing serious harm.
42% : "While efforts were being made to take the suspect into lawful custody, the team leader, ASP Nuhu Usman, discharged his firearm in clear violation of extant regulations, resulting in the death of the suspect.

*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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