The Boston Globe Article Rating

Boston poised to make history in City Council elections - The Boston Globe

Nov 02, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    56% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Mejia, Halbert, and Monteiro support reallocating some of the BPD's budget toward social services; Flaherty, Murphy, Nee-Walsh, and Garrison oppose making cuts.
49% : In a race that mostly centered on the candidates' personal stories, and that will likely be decided on the strength of their campaign organizations, a few issues divided the field, including the police budget.
38% : Owens has drawn attention for his campaign tactics, including driving a van topped with a yard sign and blasting gospel music, and suggesting that same-sex marriage and abortion rights undercut Black voting power.

*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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