Newsweek Article Rating

TikTok ban: Full list of candidates who could buy app as ban looms

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% 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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18% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The Protecting Americans' Data From Foreign Adversaries Act, introduced in 2024, has given TikTok a deadline of January 19 to either sell to an American owner and continue operating in the U.S. or be banned.
44% : The Supreme Court's decision and any potential intervention by Trump could delay or alter the course of TikTok's future in the United States, leaving open the possibility of a sale or continued operation under new ownership.
36% : "Trump will be who we have to work with to close the deal in the months ahead," O'Leary said.

*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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