The Scotsman Article Rating

China spy report: MPs warned of threat from China in damning report last year

  • Bias Rating

    -32% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -32% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    N/A

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

29% Positive

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The report also said the UK's academic institutions provide a "rich feeding ground for China to achieve political influence in the UK and economic advantage over the UK" and that China was well placed to "exploit the achievements of the UK's best and brightest".
58% : It put forward a series of other recommendations, including the Government should ensure transparency around the source of foreign donations to higher education institutions was improved; and explore the possibility of a multi-year spending review for intelligence agencies, to allow them to develop long-term, strategic programmes on China.
48% : "We know that China invests in political influence and we question therefore whether similar problems might be arising in relation to China," it said.

*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.

Copy link