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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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40% : Additionally, the agency launched investigations into Comcast and NBCUniversal and Verizon over their diversity, equity and inclusion practices, NPR and PBS for alleged violations of the agency's underwriting rules for noncommercial broadcasters and KCBS Radio for allegedly violating public interest obligations for describing an immigration raid during one of its news broadcasts.28% : The agency's actions under scrutiny include reinstating "news distortion" complaints against WPVI-TV over ABC's fact-checking of Trump during a presidential debate and WCBS-TV over the editing of a "60 Minutes" interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris and a complaint against WNBC-TV alleging Harris' appearance on "Saturday Night Live" violated the agency's equal time rule.
24% : In a letter addressed to FCC Enforcement and Media Bureau acting chiefs Patrick Webre and Erin Boone, the Democrat senator from Connecticut blasted the agency for singling out media broadcasters that "faced the wrath of President Trump during his Presidential campaign, including actual litigation or outright threats of investigations in retaliation for perceived negative coverage.
11% : Chair Carr's vexatious investigation of opponents of President Trump represents a threat to the First Amendment and inflicts upon newsrooms, affiliate groups, local media, nonprofit organizations, and religious broadcasters an ever-looming risk of retaliatory federal investigations for protected speech.
*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.
