Bakersfield businesses resume water use, but some still face oil contamination issues

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    N/A

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

9% Positive

  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The release said oil from a private customer's property backflowed into the water distribution system on Office Park Drive where several businesses are running.RELATED: Cal Water lifts water advisory for central Bakersfield, no longer contaminatedAccording to California Water Service, they improperly connected their equipment to a hose bib on their property which caused the oil to flow through the systems.RELATED: Cal Water Service issues water advisory for several streets due to oil contaminationA total of 42 customers were affected.

*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.

Copy link