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Army Corps balks at testing Michigan harbor sediments for pollution

Apr 12, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% Positive

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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Overall Sentiment

33% Positive

  •   Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : On March 26, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected an internal request for funding to test Grand Haven harbor sediment for PFAS, a class of toxic chemicals which state regulators have spent nearly a decade aggressively testing for around Michigan.

*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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