The Seattle Times Article Rating

Dow Constantine will not seek reelection as King County executive

  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% 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

9% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In 2012, Constantine held a special midnight ceremony to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples at the first possible moment after the state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage went into effect.
49% : A longtime supporter of legalizing same-sex marriage, Constantine turned the plaza outside the King County Administration Building in downtown Seattle into a party hall in advance of the new law taking effect and then stayed until 4 a.m. greeting couples.

*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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