The Gazette Article Rating

Board recommends double-digit percent raises for Linn County elected officials

  • Bias Rating

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% 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:

46% : Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner said the state's Back the Blue law requires the compensation board to recommend sheriffs be paid "comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators and command officers of the state patrol, the Division of Criminal Investigation of the Department of Public Safety, and city police chiefs employed by cities of similar population to the population of the county."
36% : The alternative would be to raise taxes to provide raises beyond that amount.

*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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