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Google says it will change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when government updates official listings

  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -2% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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8% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," Google said in a post on X. READ MORE: Can Trump change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America'? The company said that Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 million geographic features in the United States.
28% : AP will, however, use the name Mount McKinley instead of Denali; the area lies solely in the United States and as president, Trump has the authority to change federal geographical names within the country.

*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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