North Korea fires ballistic missile towards Japan - and not for the first time
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-12% Somewhat Liberal
- Reliability
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10% Center
- Politician Portrayal
64% Negative
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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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| "Dems shouldn't hold troop funding hostage for amnesty and illegal immigration." | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| This particular launch happened in the same year President Trump hosted summits with Mr Kim and became the first sitting US President to enter North Korea in 2019. | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| Back when President Trump had Twitter the first time around (as in, before he was banned), the Republican demonstrated he understood the gravity of the situation by tweeting: "After North Korea missile launch, it's more important than ever to fund our gov't and military! | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| Mr Tillerson was a lot firmer in his response, though, saying in a statement that North Korea's "relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them must be reversed" and that "diplomatic options remain viable for now". | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, condemned the attack in the strongest possible terms, and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said: "China and Russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless missile launches by taking direct actions of their own." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| It also came despite then US President Donald Trump stating North Korea would be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if it escalated its nuclear threat. | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| nnHokkaido were warned again just weeks later, when another missile reportedly travelled 3,700km and flew over Japan, causing a situation which US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said "put millions of Japanese into duck and cover". | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
65% : Dems shouldn't hold troop funding hostage for amnesty and illegal immigration.*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.