Boston.com Article Rating

After 18 years, Somerville is electing a new mayor -- and the choices are distinctly different

Sep 13, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -13% 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:

55% : On education, Tauro said his administration would invest more into opening charter schools; right now, there is only one in city limits (a state law also caps the amount a district can spend on charter schools).
45% : "I like public schools, but there are some things in public schools you can get more of from a private or charter school."

*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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