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RFK Jr. pledges an answer to the 'autism epidemic' by September

Apr 11, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -55% 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.

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20% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "The government's position, my position, is that people should get the measles vaccine," he said, though added that it shouldn't be mandated.
40% : Trump commended Kennedy on the September goal, speculating -- without scientific backing -- that the answer to driving down rates could be "you stop taking something, you stop eating something or maybe it's a shot, but something's causing it.
39% : " Kennedy and Trump have both made it a priority to understand what's causing the rise in autism rates in the U.S. Scientists have been studying the cause of autism for decades, and have identified genetics and several other factors as possibly playing a role.

*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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