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No race, gender or sex ed in schools? Banning books won't keep our kids from the truth.

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Source USA Today bias rating
Published Apr 26, 2023
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Bias Rating
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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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*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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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 Excellent for a very high number of different sources.
  • Multiple Sources as Excellent for a very high number of total sources.
  • Multiple Quotes as Excellent for a very high 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 10% Conservative:

  • 1 negative sentiment for Black Lives Matter Protest
  • 1 negative sentiment for LGBT Equality

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 14% Negative and bias score of 10% Conservative:

1 positive sentiment for Ron DeSantis
1 negative sentiment for Julia Letlow
1 negative sentiment for Hakeem Jeffries

Policies:

LGBT Equality
Black Lives Matter Protest

Politicians:

Ron DeSantis
Julia Letlow
Hakeem Jeffries

Sentiments

  •   Conservative
10% "nnIt's hard to understand why Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to despise Disney World as much as he does, when fantasy is what ..."
-8% The bill, introduced by Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., requires schools to notify parents that they have the right to review the curriculum and school ..."
-10% "The bill, introduced by Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., requires schools to notify parents that they have the right to review the curriculum and school ..."
-18% The Parents Bill of Rights Act passed the Republican-led House, as Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the legislation a "book ban."
-28% "The Black Lives Matter protest, led by the youth in response to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, ..."

*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:

45% : The bill, introduced by Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., requires schools to notify parents that they have the right to review the curriculum and school budget, inspect books and other library materials, and prevent students in grades five through eight from using their preferred pronouns or gender identity.
36% : The Black Lives Matter protest, led by the youth in response to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, turned into the largest racial justice protest in American history, and then into a global racial justice protest unlike anything ever seen before.

*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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