PBS Article Rating

Newspaper non-endorsements fit a trend, but some readers aren't happy

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -49% 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

-12% Negative

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Retired Post editor Martin Baron, on social media, said the decision showed "disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage" and that Trump would see it as a further invitation to intimidate Bezos.Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC's "Milestone Celebration Dinner" in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2018.
38% : But by 2020, only 54 made a choice between Trump and Joe Biden, according to the presidency project.
19% : "For the past nine years, I've been labeling Trump a racist and a fascist, adding more evidence each week -- and not once have I been stifled," he wrote.

*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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