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'Not welcome': Advocates slam Tennessee law requiring transgender bathroom signs

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Source NBC News bias rating
Published Jul 09, 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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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 -22% Liberal:

  • 2 negative sentiments for Criminal justice
  • 1 negative sentiment for Anti-Discrimination Laws

Policies:

LGBT Equality
Anti-Discrimination Laws
Criminal justice

Sentiments

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0% "In May, Lee signed a bill requiring parents be notified before sexual orientation or gender identity is included in any classroom discussion, and another ..."
-12% "Amy Allen, the mother of an 8th grade transgender boy, speaks after a Human Rights Campaign discussion on anti-transgender laws on May 21, 2021, ..."
-16% "Enforcement of transphobic or homophobic laws is contrary to those values.""
-18% "The bill dictates the dimensions, language and even the coloring of the signage businesses must use but, according to Curb's lawyer Bill Harbison lacks ..."

*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:

50% : In May, Lee signed a bill requiring parents be notified before sexual orientation or gender identity is included in any classroom discussion, and another allowing students to pursue legal action if they believe they shared a sex-segregated bathroom or locker room with a transgender classmate.
44% : Amy Allen, the mother of an 8th grade transgender boy, speaks after a Human Rights Campaign discussion on anti-transgender laws on May 21, 2021, in Nashville, TennesseeMark Humphrey / AP file
42% : "Enforcement of transphobic or homophobic laws is contrary to those values.
41% : The bill dictates the dimensions, language and even the coloring of the signage businesses must use but, according to Curb's lawyer Bill Harbison lacks specific penalties or means of enforcement.

*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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