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Jimmy Carter gave Panama control of the canal. It's one of his most controversial achievements

Dec 30, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -6% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : But when Panamanians set foot in the Canal Zone, their citizenship rights were void and they could be prosecuted under different laws and regulations.
50% : The Canal Zone was constructed following Jim Crow policies of segregation.
42% : "There were concerns that Panamanians didn't have the skill sets to do the heavy-duty engineering work and supervise the locks overall," Scott says. More critically, there were many more who viewed Carter's signing as capitulation to a Panamanian government led by a military dictator, and harmful to both American military and economic interests.

*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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