San Francisco School-Board Fallout Will Spread Beyond City

Feb 16, 2022 View Original Article
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    6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    46% 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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"The recalled board members -- board of education president Gabriela López as well as commissioners Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga -- angered both liberal and conservative parents by keeping most public schools in San Francisco closed from March 2020 to August 2021 even as nearby districts and private schools reopened."
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8% Conservative
"Like Breed and State Senator Scott Wiener (who represents the city in Sacramento), much of the city's Democratic establishment backed the removal of the school-board members, though there was some shadowy outside money fueling the recall drive that may have been more ideologically driven."
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-4% Liberal
"Of course, there's no risk of San Francisco shifting significantly to the right; just last September, the city gave 87 percent of its vote to Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom's successful fight against a recall initiative aimed at him."
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-16% Liberal
"During that time, the board attempted to rename 44 schools to get rid of injustice-linked names such as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Paul Revere, and current U.S. senator (and former San Francisco mayor) Diae Feinstein."
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-28% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The recalled board members -- board of education president Gabriela López as well as commissioners Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga -- angered both liberal and conservative parents by keeping most public schools in San Francisco closed from March 2020 to August 2021 even as nearby districts and private schools reopened.

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