Washington Post Article Rating

Ex-officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols plead not guilty in court

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -18% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "The brutal deaths of Keenan Anderson and Tyre Nichols are more reminders of the urgency to act," said Yvonne Mokgoro, chairperson of the U.N. International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement.
36% : The graphic video of Nichols's Jan. 7 beating, captured by the officers' body-worn cameras and a police surveillance camera, prompted protests across the country last month, adding urgency to campaigns for nationwide police reform and eliciting responses from President Biden and the United Nations.

*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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