Washington Post Article Rating

Opinion | A Stanford dean takes a principled stand for free speech on campus

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% 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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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : There's much to disagree with in Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan's record, both as a onetime legal advocate specializing in opposition to same-sex marriage and as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, elevated to the bench in 2018 by President Donald Trump.

*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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