Northern Irish police expose staff data in botched FoI response | C...

Aug 09, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    34% 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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"In the intervening years, the service has done much to address and account for its predecessor's role in the Troubles, and has implemented affirmative action policies to bring in more persoel from a Catholic background."
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4% Conservative
"Chris Todd said: Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the release of data within a spreadsheet."
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-8% Liberal
"In circumstances where the level of threat is at severe after the attempted murder of DCI John Caldwell, there will be huge concern among members of the PSNI and their families and the wider community at this revelation, he said."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"This is an issue we take extremely seriously and as our investigation continues we will keep the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Information Commissioner's Office updated, added Todd."
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-18% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In the intervening years, the service has done much to address and account for its predecessor's role in the Troubles, and has implemented affirmative action policies to bring in more personnel from a Catholic background.

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