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NY Times Article Rating

The Moody's Downgrade Is an Alarm. Washington Better Pay Attention.

  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Left

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-32% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : As long as politicians and voters aren't on the same page about how to get the federal debt on a sustainable path, which increasingly points to Social Security reform and selective tax increases, both parties are likely to indulge in more and more fiscal accounting tricks.
34% : However, only 17 percent thought Social Security was the largest federal spending program (it is) and only 27 percent thought that extending Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for another decade would push deficits higher (it would).

*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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