East Bay Times Article Rating

Gunman opens fire at prominent Shiite shrine in southern Iran, wounding at least 4 people

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    15% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : It draws pilgrims to Shiraz, which is some 675 kilometers (420 miles) south of Iran's capital, Tehran.
51% : TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --
35% : The Islamic State group claimed the assault, which Iran said had been carried out by a man from Tajikistan, who later died in a hospital after succumbing to injuries he suffered while being detained by security forces.

*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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