Who broke American democracy?

Oct 31, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    64% 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

Overall Sentiment

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"The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) provided health insurance to tens of millions who were previously uninsured."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Not only are votes in Congress biased towards better-heeled constituents; the issues that most concern non-elites, including single-payer healthcare, a public option for health insurance, and an increase in the minimum wage, never even make it on to the legislative agenda."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"He is the co-author, with Ae Case, of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Princeton University Press, 2020)."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The New York Times looked at mortality in congressional districts and found that deaths of despair were higher in the congressional districts of the Republican representatives who voted against certifying Joe Biden's election than in the districts of the Republican representatives who did vote to certify."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The overlap can be seen by tabulating deaths of despair, from suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease, across counties and matching them to Trump's share of the vote."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"The less-educated Americans who are at a greater risk of dying early did not all vote for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020; but many of them did."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) provided health insurance to tens of millions who were previously uninsured.
45% :Not only are votes in Congress biased towards better-heeled constituents; the issues that most concern non-elites, including single-payer healthcare, a public option for health insurance, and an increase in the minimum wage, never even make it on to the legislative agenda.
45% : He is the co-author, with Anne Case, of "Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism" (Princeton University Press, 2020).

*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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