The 'war on terror' and the disciplining of American Muslims

Sep 11, 2021 View Original Article
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    -4% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% 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.

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"Not unlike the depictions of communism at the height of the Cold War, Islam was portrayed as lurking behind every corner and posing a growing threat to the American way of life, if left unchecked."
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28% Conservative
"US law enforcement agencies quickly set about to uncover sleeper cells hiding within the community's mosques and Islamic centres."
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4% Conservative
"Those targeted for surveillance faced the threat of criminal prosecution for exercising their constitutionally protected rights to free speech and association."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Not unlike the depictions of communism at the height of the Cold War, Islam was portrayed as lurking behind every corner and posing a growing threat to the American way of life, if left unchecked.
52% : US law enforcement agencies quickly set about to uncover "sleeper cells" hiding within the community's mosques and Islamic centres.
41% : Those targeted for surveillance faced the threat of criminal prosecution for exercising their constitutionally protected rights to free speech and association.

*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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