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Have the News Media Learned to Cover a Female Presidential Candidate? Democracy's Future May Depend on the Answer

Sep 03, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    34% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -16% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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16% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Reflecting these patterns, when Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2016, research found that her physical appearance received significantly more news media attention than Trump's and that her domestic life received considerably more attention than Trump's.
23% : When Clinton addressed her gender, the media accused her of 'playing the victim' of sexism, whereas when Trump addressed his masculinity, he was portrayed as a powerful father figure naturally suited for an office.
17% : The news media also tended to focus more on the "likability" question in relation to Clinton than Trump.

*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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