NY Times Article Rating

Merkel says she lacked the power to influence Putin ahead of his invasion of Ukraine.

Nov 25, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -80% Very Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -40% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : In an extensive interview published on Thursday in Der Spiegel Magazine, Ms. Merkel explained that she and French President Emmanuel Macron had tried in the summer of 2021 to set up talks between European Union leaders and Mr. Putin to de-escalate Russia-Ukraine tensions but failed.
38% : When Mr. Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine in late February, some analysts speculated that the timing was linked to Merkel's retirement and the resulting perceived instability of the European Union.

*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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