SnopesYes, US Used to Own the Panama Canal. Here's the History
- Bias Rating
-2% Center
- Reliability
75% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
10% Center
- Politician Portrayal
-27% Negative
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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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
48% : In 1964, a student protest calling for the Panamanian flag to be flown alongside the U.S. flag at a high school within the Canal Zone (something that former President John F. Kennedy had permitted in 1962 according to the U.S. National Archives) led to three days of anti-American riots and the evacuation of the U.S. embassy.21% : It is therefore unclear what Trump was referring to when he claimed the United States was being ripped off.
*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.