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The Lewiston Sun Journal is a newspaper that aims to focus on diversification efforts over the years. The niche of the paper is local news in central and western Maine. The paper also covers news on local issues, politics, the world, business, crime, sports, and education. It was founded in 1847 by Dr. Alonzo Garcelon and is currently owned by Sun Media Group, headquartered in Lewis, Maine. Based on findings from Similar Web, the website sunjournal.com has 682,000 visits on average and is ranked 19,631 among other media sources in the United States.

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*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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*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.


The Analyst Bias Score is 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.

Lewiston Sun Journal Policy Leanings
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Abortion | |
Clean Energy | |
Gun Control | |
Social Security Privatization | |
Taxes | |
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Abortion
ARTICLE | BIAS SCORE |
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Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, remembered as a fighter and dealmaker | 30% Moderately Conservative |
Clean Energy
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Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, remembered as a fighter and dealmaker | 30% Moderately Conservative |
Gun Control
ARTICLE | BIAS SCORE |
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Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, remembered as a fighter and dealmaker | 30% Moderately Conservative |
Social Security Privatization
ARTICLE | BIAS SCORE |
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Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, remembered as a fighter and dealmaker | 30% Moderately Conservative |
Taxes
ARTICLE | BIAS SCORE |
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Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, remembered as a fighter and dealmaker | 30% Moderately Conservative |
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Military Spending
Date | Sentiment | Associated Article | Snippet |
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08/25/2019 | 75% For | Trump Family Detentions Flores Agreement (link) | So, of course, the Trump administration is doing the opposite in a baldfaced |