NBC Chicago Article Rating

How bad is Illinois air quality and what is PM2.5? A breakdown of the levels to know

Jun 27, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    59% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "The City of Chicago is carefully monitoring and taking precautions as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has categorized our Air Quality Index as 'unhealthy' due to Canadian wildfire smoke present in the Chicago region," the statement read.
52% : According to the Environmental Protection Agency, "PM stands for particulate matter (also called particle pollution): the term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air.

*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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