The GOP's stealth plan to end direct democracy in Ohio

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    30% 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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"For months, proponents of Issue 1 claimed it wasn't about abortion, only to admit behind closed doors that it actually was."
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-14% Liberal
"Though abortion is central to the Issue 1 fight, it's far from the only policy that would be impacted."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"One new poll showed that 59 percent of Ohioans supported a proposal to legalize abortion, which would fail to pass under the GOP's new rules."
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-22% Liberal
"When the bill received a hearing in the legislature, the only person who testified in favor of it was a representative from an obscure think tank in Florida, the Foundation for Government Accountability, that received nearly $18 million from Uihlein."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"In his majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito claimed he was simply returning the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives' in the states."
Negative
-56% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : For months, proponents of Issue 1 claimed it wasn't about abortion, only to admit behind closed doors that it actually was.
43% : Though abortion is central to the Issue 1 fight, it's far from the only policy that would be impacted.
39% : One new poll showed that 59 percent of Ohioans supported a proposal to legalize abortion, which would fail to pass under the GOP's new rules.
37% : When the bill received a hearing in the legislature, the only person who testified in favor of it was a representative from an obscure think tank in Florida, the Foundation for Government Accountability, that received nearly $18 million from Uihlein.
22% : In his majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito claimed he was simply returning "the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives' in the states."

*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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