UnHerd Article RatingWhy even Julian Assange's critics should defend him
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26% Medium Conservative
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- Policy Leaning
36% Medium Conservative
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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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| "This is probably the result of a campaign waged against Assange over the past decade and a half, aimed at destroying his reputation and depriving him of public support." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "This was the first time, in the 102 years since the draconian law's enactment, that a journalist was charged under the Espionage Act, which makes no distinction between a spy working for a foreign government and a journalist like Assange." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "During the period when the CPS was overseeing Assange's extradition to Sweden, Starmer made several trips to Washington as Director of Public Prosecutions." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
48% : This is probably the result of a campaign waged against Assange over the past decade and a half, aimed at destroying his reputation and depriving him of public support.46% : This was the first time, in the 102 years since the draconian law's enactment, that a journalist was charged under the Espionage Act, which makes no distinction between a spy working for a foreign government and a journalist like Assange.
45% : During the period when the CPS was overseeing Assange's extradition to Sweden, Starmer made several trips to Washington as Director of Public Prosecutions.
32% : Following his arrest, the US immediately announced that it was charging Assange for computer fraud -- to which they added 17 much more serious counts of alleged violations of the Espionage Act -- and requested his extradition.
*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.