Scott poised to become first Black Speaker of the House of Delegates

  • Bias Rating

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    12% 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.

Sentiments

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"Republicans also ran on tax cut proposals, support for law enforcement and giving parents more authority in public education."
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14% Conservative
"The growing Black representation in the General Assembly is significant as it was not very long ago that Virginia's laws and state policy hindered Black people from participating in politics."
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-14% Liberal
"It blows my mind that we're still having firsts in 2023, McClellan said of becoming the first Black woman to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress."
Positive
2% Conservative
"U.S. Rep. Jeifer McClellan, D-4th, who used to hold Bagby's seat in Virginia's Senate, recalled earlier this year how her father was subject to literacy tests to vote and how her mother could not vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965."
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-14% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Republicans also ran on tax cut proposals, support for law enforcement and giving parents more authority in public education.
43% : The growing Black representation in the General Assembly is significant as it was not very long ago that Virginia's laws and state policy hindered Black people from participating in politics.

*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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