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Tucson Sentinel Article Rating

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85 - Click pic for more:

  • Bias Rating

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -53% 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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37% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Souter's tenure included co-authoring an opinion with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992 to uphold Roe v. Wade, and agreeing with the dissent that the court didn't have authority to terminate the recount process in 2000's Bush v. Gore ruling.
38% : In 1995, he authored the court's unanimous opinion in Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, finding that excluding LGBTQ groups from a parade was unconstitutional.

*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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