The Irish Times Article Rating

Miriam Lord's review of the year: Long-awaited election brings more of the same

Dec 28, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% 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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12% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : This is one aspect of public spending that everyone can understand.
54% : Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys says you couldn't build a house in Monaghan for that kind of money.
52% : He is the last Green standing after a harrowing end to the year for his party and remains in charge of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth until a new government is formed.
39% : He says he is leaving "after careful consideration and some soul searching" and for private and political reasons which he never really explains.

*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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