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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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| "In addition to opening up the option of marriage to all couples, an amendment to Switzerland's marriage law that was put to voters in a referendum, and approved, grants lesbian couples access to sperm banks and allows same-sex couples to adopt children." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Polls by local news media had predicted widespread approval for same-sex marriage in Switzerland, but they also showed the opposition gaining some last-minute momentum after an intense advertising campaign." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Kathrin Bertschy, a Swiss politician who had strongly campaigned in favor of same-sex marriage, described the result as a milestone for Switzerland." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Under the new, amended law, same-sex couples are able to have a civil wedding and will be granted largely the same institutional and legal rights as heterosexual couples." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Since 2007, same-sex couples in Switzerland have been able to enter into a civil partnership, which grants some legal rights but is not equal to a marriage." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "For opponents, the vote was about more than just same-sex marriage, and Frischknecht likened its significance for Swiss society to the bursting of a dam." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The only country in Western Europe now that does not allow marriage between same-sex couples is Italy; it does, however, allow civil unions." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Swiss LGBTQ organizations estimate that up to 30,000 children are currently being raised by same-sex parents in Switzerland, but the legal barriers in the country meant that many of those couples had to go abroad to start their families." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Using images of crying babies on posters plastered in towns and cities across Switzerland, the opponents had focused their campaign on their opposition to the right of same-sex couples to have children." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "As a crestfallen Sullivan did a slow-burn double-take , Hirono told him Thank you, and then moved on." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "As a crestfallen Sullivan did a slow-burn double-take , Hirono told him Thank you, and then moved on." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But Sullivan provided a moment of levity, at least for the viewing audience." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Committee Chair Senator Mazie Hirono then interrupted, saying Senator Sullivan, could you submit your question, please?" | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Committee Chair Senator Mazie Hirono then interrupted, saying Senator Sullivan, could you submit your question, please?" | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Sullivan wrapped up his first round of questioning by telling the trio that I have one final question, and prophetically added I might leave it because it's a long one for the follow-up." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Sullivan then launched into an impassioned wind-up that lasted nearly two minutes, and concluded with the senator telling the witnesses So I will ask this final question of all of you..." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Republican Senator Dan Sullivan had a comically forlorn reaction when his questioning at a Senate hearing didn't go as he expected." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "As Sullivan briefly protested, Hirono continued: We're trying to keep to a five-minute questioning round." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "As Sullivan briefly protested, Hirono continued: We're trying to keep to a five-minute questioning round." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : In addition to opening up the option of marriage to all couples, an amendment to Switzerland's marriage law that was put to voters in a referendum, and approved, grants lesbian couples access to sperm banks and allows same-sex couples to adopt children.51% : Polls by local news media had predicted widespread approval for same-sex marriage in Switzerland, but they also showed the opposition gaining some last-minute momentum after an intense advertising campaign.
50% : Kathrin Bertschy, a Swiss politician who had strongly campaigned in favor of same-sex marriage, described the result as "a milestone" for Switzerland.
50% : Under the new, amended law, same-sex couples are able to have a civil wedding and will be granted largely the same institutional and legal rights as heterosexual couples.
49% : Since 2007, same-sex couples in Switzerland have been able to enter into a civil partnership, which grants some legal rights but is not equal to a marriage.
48% : For opponents, the vote was about more than just same-sex marriage, and Frischknecht likened its significance for Swiss society to the bursting of a dam.
44% : The only country in Western Europe now that does not allow marriage between same-sex couples is Italy; it does, however, allow civil unions.
44% : Swiss LGBTQ organizations estimate that up to 30,000 children are currently being raised by same-sex parents in Switzerland, but the legal barriers in the country meant that many of those couples had to go abroad to start their families.
43% : Using images of crying babies on posters plastered in towns and cities across Switzerland, the opponents had focused their campaign on their opposition to the right of same-sex couples to have children.
*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.