Los Angeles Times Article Rating

In this majority Democratic California district, voting for a Republican isn't unheard of

Sep 26, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    4% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -12% 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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Overall Sentiment

7% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : For Salas, the first Latino elected to the Bakersfield City Council, his voters are looking for someone who can advocate for affordable healthcare, better access to education and immigration reform and are excited by the potential of a leadership change.
21% : Kamala Harris won't say how she'll vote on California's Prop. 36 to toughen some criminal penaltiesAfter the second Metro bus hijacking in 6 months, Mayor Bass renewed promises to improve safetyHow will the state manage the slow death of California's gasoline industry?Millions were raised to help L.A. County firefighters.

*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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