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The Boston Globe Article Rating

Who will be the next pope? Here are some possible contenders. - The Boston Globe

Apr 22, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    Center

  • Reliability

    25% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    53% Positive

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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10% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : He served as president of the church's international gathering on the family in 2014, and of a general assembly on the same topic the following year, in which prelates agreed on a more inclusive approach by the church, although they remained opposed to same-sex marriage.
51% : But the cardinal led the opposition to Francis' 2023 ruling that the church should bless same-sex couples.

*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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