Newsweek Article Rating

Who is Viktor Bout? "Merchant of death" arms dealer in Brittney Griner swap

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

25% : He was named by the United Nations as an associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who in 2012 was convicted on charges of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war.

*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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