Chicago Tribune Article Rating

Laura Washington: This week's presidential debate has the makings of history

  • Bias Rating

    88% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    98% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -22% 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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6% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : Trump enjoys a robust demeanor, which works well on the stump, but in this case, quick thinking is advantage one.
63% : Trump has eagerly pointed that out, countless times.
48% : A wobble or two by Trump or Biden is likely.
44% : When that question comes his way, how can Trump wrap that reality around a cogent reply?
43% : "If I was a gambler -- and I am a gambler -- I'd take even money that Trump doesn't show up," Jim Carville declared last week on MSNBC.
39% : But when Trump had the chance to take the stand, he demurred.
31% : Trump must also grapple with his lack of policy chops.
26% : Trump will go to great lengths to rattle his opponent.
24% : Some say they expect Trump to punk out.
23% : Trump will be Smokin' Joe Frazier coming after Muhammad Ali.Can you imagine Biden floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee?
22% : "If so, it would be reminiscent of Trump's recent trial, in which Trump claimed he was eager to testify in his own defense against charges that he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal that could have deep-sixed his 2016 presidential campaign.
17% : Trump has never acknowledged that he lost the popular and electoral votes to Biden.
10% : Trump versus Biden is a rematch ensconced in a grudge.
9% : If Trump rattles Biden, he may falter.
8% : Richard Nixon was sweaty in 1960; in 1976, Gerald Ford claimed that Communist-led Poland was not under Soviet domination; and Trump loomed and hovered over Hillary Clinton on the stage in 2016.

*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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