Serbia's Vucic seeks to reassert populist dominance in elections this weekend

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    4% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

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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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Overall Sentiment

-29% Negative

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"Analysts believe Vucic was seeking to consolidate power after two back-to-back shootings triggered months of anti-government protests, and as high inflation and rampant corruption fueled public discontent."
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"Serbia, a Balkan country which has maintained warm relations with Vladimir Putin's Russia, has been a candidate for European Union membership since 2014 but has faced allegations of steadily eroding democratic freedoms and rules over the past years."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Analysts believe Vucic was seeking to consolidate power after two back-to-back shootings triggered months of anti-government protests, and as high inflation and rampant corruption fueled public discontent.
49% : Serbia, a Balkan country which has maintained warm relations with Vladimir Putin's Russia, has been a candidate for European Union membership since 2014 but has faced allegations of steadily eroding democratic freedoms and rules over the past years.

*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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