Washington Post Article Rating

Opinion | A modern paradox

Jul 16, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    53% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The Outlook essay pointed out that "more than a dozen empirical studies have concluded that right-to-carry laws increase violent crime."
56% : The Supreme Court's decision that the Second Amendment establishes "an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home" will increase gun violence.
56% : The expansion of right-to-carry laws can be expected to result in more criminals with guns, a rise in overall crime and an even more significant rise in gun-related crime.

*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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