The Gazette Article Rating

Opinion: Iowa legislative candidates send mixed messages on water quality

  • Bias Rating

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    7% Positive

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

13% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "EPA also should be doing their job by being properly funded and supported.
53% : "The DNR and EPA already have many regulations on the books to protect our waters.
34% : Abortion rights, the plight of public schools, conditions in nursing homes and Iowa's shortage of mental health care are among the top issues.

*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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