The Seattle Times Article Rating

J. Stanley Pottinger, official who discovered identity of 'Deep Throat,' dies

  • Bias Rating

    -6% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -19% 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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-13% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Stanley Pottinger served as the top civil rights official in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and in the Department of Justice under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
40% : He represented more than 20 survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, and in 2013, joined 130 Republican signatories on an amicus curiae brief in support of same-sex marriage in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, before the U.S. Supreme Court.

*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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