NBC News Article Rating

A U.S.-built biometric system sparks concerns for Afghans

Aug 31, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -30% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -11% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Despite the Taliban's recent promises to protect the rights of women, female activists have reported being beaten, and the United Nations says the number of women and children killed this year has reached its highest levels since the U.N. started keeping records in 2009 as violence spreads across the country.
41% : The system is used to distribute social services, but has received harsh criticism from advocates for the poor who say its technical glitches have led to denials of benefits that have driven some to starvation.

*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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