Newsweek Article Rating

Nitrogen gas leak fears grow before Alabama's untested execution

  • Bias Rating

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -40% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% 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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-30% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : He was one of two men convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett in northwestern Alabama.Smith's attorneys are asking courts to block the execution, arguing that Alabama's bid to execute Smith after botching an earlier attempt using lethal injection violates the United States Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
39% : Dr. Joel Zivot, a professor of anesthesiology at Emory University and expert on lethal injections, said the risks to those in the execution chamber and witness room are unknown.

*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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