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Niall Ferguson on why the end of America's empire won't be peaceful

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Source The Economist bias rating
Published Aug 23, 2021
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The Bias Rating is computed based on a number of factors including bias loaded words, sentiments towards certain political policies, author bias towards politicians, and the amount of tone found in the article.

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*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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The policy leaning score is derived from author biases for or against a certain political policy, as found in articles.

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*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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96% Negative

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Reliability Score Analysis

The Reliability Score of the article is determined on a percentage score basis from 0 to 100%.

  • Opposite Sources as Poor for the lower number of sources with different viewpoints.
  • Unique Sources as Poor for the lower number of different sources.
  • Multiple Sources as Poor for the lower number of total sources.
  • Multiple Quotes as Poor for the lower number of quotes used in the article.
  • Quote Length as Poor for the lower number of words used in each quote.

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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 16% Conservative:

  • 1 negative sentiment for Protectionist Trade
  • 1 negative sentiment for Non-renewable energy
  • 1 negative sentiment for Iran
  • 1 negative sentiment for Black Lives Matter Protest
  • 1 positive sentiment for Competitive Capitalism

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 96% Negative and bias score of 68% Conservative:

3 negative sentiments for Joe Biden
2 negative sentiments for Barack Obama
2 negative sentiments for Donald Trump

Policies:

Competitive Capitalism
Non-renewable energy
Black Lives Matter Protest
Protectionist Trade
Iran

Politicians:

Joe Biden
Barack Obama
Donald Trump

Sentiments

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8% "Many -- unlike Orwell -- embraced Soviet communism, with disastrous results for Western intelligence.""
0% "A significant proportion of the intelligentsia went further, embracing communism or fascism.""
-8% President Joe Biden's ill-advised decision for a "final withdrawal" from Afghanistan was just the latest signal by an American president that the country wants ..."
-14% "It also risks becoming the villain of the climate crisis, as it cannot easily kick the habit of burning coal to power its industry.""
-16% "At the same time as Cornel West, the progressive African-American philosopher, sees Black Lives Matter and the fight against US empire [as] one and ..."
-20% It was no mere coincidence that Russia intervened militarily in both Ukraine and Syria just months after Obama's renunciation of global policing.nn"
-22% "It may seem fanciful to suggest that America faces comparable threats today -- not only from China, but also from Russia, Iran and North ..."
-30% Barack Obama began the process by exiting Iraq too hastily and announcing in 2013 that "America is not the world's policeman.""
-34% American leaders in recent years have become over-fond of dreams, from the "full spectrum dominance" fantasy of the neoconservatives under George W. Bush to ..."
-40% "Donald Trump's America First doctrine was just a populist version of the same impulse: he too itched to get out of Afghanistan and to ..."

We have listed the top 10 sentiments. More sentiments do exist. Please review the full article for more information.

*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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Many -- unlike Orwell -- embraced Soviet communism, with disastrous results for Western intelligence.
50% : A significant proportion of the intelligentsia went further, embracing communism or fascism.
43% : It also risks becoming the villain of the climate crisis, as it cannot easily kick the habit of burning coal to power its industry.
42% : At the same time as Cornel West, the progressive African-American philosopher, sees "Black Lives Matter and the fight against US empire [as] one and the same", two pro-Trump Republicans, Ryan James Girdusky and Harlan Hill, call the pandemic "the latest example of how the American empire has no clothes."
39% : It may seem fanciful to suggest that America faces comparable threats today -- not only from China, but also from Russia, Iran and North Korea.
30% : Donald Trump's "America First" doctrine was just a populist version of the same impulse: he too itched to get out of Afghanistan and to substitute tariffs for counterinsurgency.

*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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