Toronto Star Article Rating

Doug Ford warns of 'cutting off their energy' to retaliate against tariffs by Donald Trump

  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -21% Negative

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

-13% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : During the virtual gathering of the 13 provincial and territorial leaders, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out a $1-billion border security spending plan, including drones, helicopters and personnel the Liberal government hopes will persuade Trump that Canada is a secure economic partner and grant Canada a tariff exemption.
49% : Quebec Premier François Legault met Trump and Musk in Paris at the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral last Friday.
48% : Prior to the first ministers' meeting, Trudeau took an indirect dig at Trump, who has derided him as the "governor of the great state of Canada" on social media.
44% : In recent days, Canadian conservative politicians have met with Trump and his inner circle.
28% : If you like them or you don't like them, that's not our issue," said the Ontario premier, conceding Trump is "being a little more aggressive than he was in the past ...
22% : Trudeau's comments were the first hint of public criticism of Trump -- the Republican leader whose judicial and other appointments have sought to limit abortion rights in the U.S.The prime minister has spent two weeks appealing across party and government lines to forge a common Canadian front to fight Trump's threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports, and urging lawmakers here not to "freak out" or "panic" in their responses.

*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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