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The Seattle Times Article Rating

Vote 'yes' and renew King County investigative tool | Editorial

Apr 10, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

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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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-4% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The system provides "enhanced forensic fingerprint and palmprint technology and services to aid in the administration of justice," according to the ballot wording for Proposition No. 1.
54% : Under Prop. 1, beginning in 2026, property owners would pay about 2.75 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

*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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