Yahoo News Article Rating

Wisconsin needs to change its marijuana laws. Racial disparities are one reason why. | Opinion

Feb 02, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -21% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

22% Positive

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : A 2024 Marquette Law School poll revealed that 78% of Republicans and 95% of Democrats support the legalization of medical marijuana, and most registered voters also favor the legalization of recreational marijuana.
49% : To avoid conflict, I took the joint and puffed, but my inexperienced lungs quickly led to a fit of coughing.
40% : Before Maryland legalized recreational marijuana in a 2022, African Americans in Maryland were three times more likely to be arrested for cannabis than white individuals.

*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.

Copy link