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The Irish Times Article Rating

John Bruton believed nationalists were not properly represented by Sinn Féin or SDLP

Dec 30, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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25% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " Qualitative research into nationalist opinion in the North, to be paid for by Fine Gael, was needed, he believed.
55% : Essentially, he wanted to find out the bottom line of Sinn Féin and SDLP supporters: "Would they settle for a package involving powersharing, a reformed RUC, greater symbolic and cultural recognition of the nationalist community, and some modest North-South co-operation?" The research does not seem to have been carried out.

*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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