Los Angeles Times Article Rating

California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message?

Dec 06, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-17% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "The newly evolved Nathan Hochman touted support for criminal justice reform," she said.
48% : Anne Irwin -- the executive director of Smart Justice, an organization that educates policymakers on criminal justice reform -- considers this election only "one step back.
44% : "Criminal justice reform advocates spent the summer warning that efforts to oust California's progressive district attorneys and undo sentencing reforms would undermine a decade of work aimed at reducing mass incarceration, prioritizing rehabilitation and holding police accountable for excessive force.

*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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