The Guardian Article Rating

AEC says staff threatened online amid 'bonkers' criticism over voice referendum ticks and crosses

  • Bias Rating

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "Rogers went on to say the AEC was "alert" to concerns about security for polling places and workers, and asked for staff to be treated with respect.
41% : "It's actually the law, it's not the AEC.
38% : The AEC issued a statement in August "completely and utterly" rejecting the assertion it was acting unfairly, suggesting the claims were "based on emotion rather than the reality of the law".

*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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