AP News Article Rating

EPA adds Bradford Island area of Columbia River to Superfund

Mar 18, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    11% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The Yakama Nation and the states of Oregon and Washington in recent years called on EPA to take over the stalled-out cleanup.
35% : The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday added Bradford Island and surrounding waters of the Columbia River to its Superfund list of toxic waste sites, beginning the process for the eventual cleanup of the area.

*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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