Opinion | Biden's Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy

Apr 10, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    82% Positive

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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"Brexit -- Britain's break with the E.U. -- faed the old flames by threatening the unionists' geographic links to Britain and the nationalists' insistence on an open border between North and South."
Positive
14% Conservative
"It's not clear that there is any arrangement that the D.U.P. -- which opposed the original Good Friday Agreement, supported Brexit and continues to staunchly champion all the old unionist causes -- would agree to."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Brexit potentially meant an end to the free movement of goods between the United Kingdom, of which Northern Ireland was a part, and Ireland, a proud member of the European Union."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Some public opinion polls in Northern Ireland have tracked a steady rise in support for Irish unification, especially since Brexit, and more people identify as neither nationalist or unionist than identify with either of those groups."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The problems have become more complicated since Britain opted out of the European Union in 2016, leaving Northern Ireland in limbo."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Mr. Biden is expected to be accompanied by Joe Keedy III, his special economic envoy to Northern Ireland, whose presence signals the promise of American investment in the economically struggling North."
Positive
60% Conservative
"Mr. Biden is expected to be accompanied by Joe Keedy III, his special economic envoy to Northern Ireland, whose presence signals the promise of American investment in the economically struggling North."
Positive
60% Conservative
"President Biden and Bill Clinton will be among a bevy of Irish, British and American leaders traveling to Belfast to celebrate the 25th aiversary of the April 10, 1998, signing of the Good Friday Agreement."
Positive
38% Conservative
"President Biden and Bill Clinton will be among a bevy of Irish, British and American leaders traveling to Belfast to celebrate the 25th aiversary of the April 10, 1998, signing of the Good Friday Agreement."
Positive
38% Conservative
"The hope among more moderate Northern Irish is that Mr. Biden's visit to Belfast might persuade Jeffrey Donaldson, the D.U.P. leader, to relent."
Positive
6% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Brexit -- Britain's break with the E.U. -- fanned the old flames by threatening the unionists' geographic links to Britain and the nationalists' insistence on an open border between North and South.
49% : It's not clear that there is any arrangement that the D.U.P. -- which opposed the original Good Friday Agreement, supported Brexit and continues to staunchly champion all the old unionist causes -- would agree to.
48% : Brexit potentially meant an end to the free movement of goods between the United Kingdom, of which Northern Ireland was a part, and Ireland, a proud member of the European Union.
43% : Some public opinion polls in Northern Ireland have tracked a steady rise in support for Irish unification, especially since Brexit, and more people identify as neither nationalist or unionist than identify with either of those groups.
41% : The problems have become more complicated since Britain opted out of the European Union in 2016, leaving Northern Ireland in limbo.

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