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What to know about the MQ-9 Reaper, the drone the US just lost over the Black Sea

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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    100% ReliableExcellent

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -55% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : This unarmed surveillance drone was operating in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, a highly trafficked waterway that borders Iran on one side and the Arabian Peninsula on the other.
46% : The most famous incident of a US drone shoot-down is the destruction of an RQ-4 Global Hawk by Iran in June 2019.
38% : Iran claimed the Global Hawk was shot down within Iran's territorial waters; the United States argued instead that the drone was operating in international waters.

*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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