PBS Article Rating

Dr. Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging support for crucial research and embattled workers

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    -30% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    15% 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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29% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : " WATCH: Dr. Francis Collins explores his faith and science in new book, 'The Road to Wisdom' He came to the NIH in 1993 to lead the Human Genome Project, which in 2003 completed mapping the human DNA instruction book -- two years ahead of schedule and $400 million under budget, Collins noted in his statement Saturday. Collins, 74, was the NIH's director for 12 years and under three presidents -- Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
61% : He also advised Biden on how to combat hepatitis C. The $48 billion NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research and has long had strong bipartisan support.

*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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