Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Four takeaways from first debate in 2026 California governor's race

Sep 29, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -36% 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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4% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "The candidates were divided on whether California should have allowed school districts to determine when they reopened during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to public schools in some urban areas remaining closed for months longer than private schools and schools in more rural areas.
49% : Villaraigosa said he supported the concept of single-payer healthcare but cautioned that politicians who pushed the concept were "selling snake oil."
27% : Newsom dismissed Villaraigosa's concerns, saying fighting for single-payer healthcare was a "question of leadership" and that he wouldn't wait for Congress to act.

*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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