The Irish Times Article Rating

Stephen Collins: Simon Harris is not going to make the same mistake as Leo Varadkar

Oct 04, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    22% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% 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

42% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : There was remarkable contrast between the favourable outlook facing Chambers about how to distribute the unprecedented largesse and the grim options facing UK chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves about which public spending programmes to cut and which taxes to raise.
39% : [ Budget 2025: 'Bonanza' budget that pumps billions into economy repeats Ireland's past mistakes, State watchdog warnsOpens in new window ]Harris probably struck a chord with the public when he remarked: "I make no apology, none whatsoever, for giving people a little bit of their own money back between now and Christmas."

*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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