Chicago Tribune Article Rating

In 'weird' Cook County state's attorney's race, O'Neill Burke -- who progressives called a 'de facto' Republican -- looking to defeat GOPer Fioretti

  • Bias Rating

    36% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -28% 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

4% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : "I've worked hard over the last 13 years on criminal justice reform.
37% : Asked earlier this month at a meeting with the Tribune Editorial Board whether she still thought O'Neill Burke's detention policies might set criminal justice reforms backward, Preckwinkle did not answer directly, saying she supported Chief Judge Timothy Evans' 2017 order mandating that "the default should be liberty" when judges hold pretrial release hearings.

*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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