The Seattle Times Article Rating

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  • Bias Rating

    38% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -23% 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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Overall Sentiment

1% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

12% : Trump and his allies fumed after the ABC debate, personally targeting the network's moderators -- Linsey Davis and David Muir -- for the four times that they clarified falsehoods that Trump had uttered from the lectern.
11% : The issue led to a spat between campaign aides before the Sept. 10 debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

*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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