Washington Post Article Rating

Opinion | Language matters, so pay attention, please

Aug 30, 2021 View Original Article
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    -30% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -30% Somewhat Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

35% : The Aug. 26 Thursday Opinion essay by DeAnna Hoskins and Zoë Towns, "How the language of criminal justice inflicts lasting harm," cautioned against employing dehumanizing, desensitizing language to describe subjects and urged "news media and the general public to adopt more responsible and humane language.

*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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