STV News Article RatingSmoking ban: From world-leading Scottish reform to bid for smoke-free generation
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- Policy Leaning
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48% Negative
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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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| "Once again, there are political disagreements that risk splitting the governing party." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| Even then, of course, the health experts disagreed with Lord Reid, and now they're even more convinced: the health impacts of smoking are felt disproportionately by the poor.nn | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| One of the leading critics was the former Lanarkshire MP John Reid, now Lord Reid of Cardowan, who as health secretary in 2004 famously said: "I just do not think the worst problem on our sink estates by any means is smoking, but it is an obsession of the learned middle class.nn | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| One of the leading critics was the former Lanarkshire MP John Reid, now Lord Reid of Cardowan, who as health secretary in 2004 famously said: "I just do not think the worst problem on our sink estates by any means is smoking, but it is an obsession of the learned middle class.nn | Negative | -32% Liberal |
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37% : Once again, there are political disagreements that risk splitting the governing party.*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.