The Guardian Article Rating

Sri Lankan police accused of draconian treatment of protesters

Aug 05, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -56% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : In the past two weeks, IUSF leaders have been given travel bans, pulled off planes and buses by plainclothes officers and arrested.
41% : Over 100 people, including a Buddhist monk, have been arrested, the courts have issued travel bans, police have raided protesters' family homes and security agencies have taken activists off the streets and questioned them for hours.

*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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