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Illinois University Leaders Join Condemnation of Trump Administration's 'Unprecedented Government Overreach'

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -61% 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.

Sentiments

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-34% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : " The statement signatories include leaders representing large public and private research universities, higher education associations, community colleges, small liberal arts schools and Ivy League schools.
26% : In the statement, issued by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, higher education leaders wrote they are "open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight," but they "reject the coercive use of public research funding.
22% : "We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education," the statement read.

*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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