NY Times Article Rating

Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports Afghan Government (Published 2016)

Aug 10, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -98% Very Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -55% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Much of that largess is spread about in pursuit of what Mr. Nasr describes as a Saudi strategy of building a wall of Sunni radicalism across South and Central Asia to contain Iran, its Shia rival.
47% : The Iranians, too, have been busy building madrasas, universities and cultural centers for the Shiite population, and even a road to the border with Iran.

*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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