The Guardian Article Rating

The Guardian view on Iran and Saudi Arabia: a cautious start | Editorial

Mar 14, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -98% Very Liberal

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -65% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : For Iran, the benefits are obvious: a first step out of political and economic isolation.
60% : It enjoys a long partnership with Tehran, but is also Riyadh's biggest trading partner.
59% : It reportedly plans to host a major summit for Iran and Gulf monarchies this year.
48% : He was describing Iran and Saudi Arabia's agreement last week to resume diplomatic relations - a surprise to most observers, and something of a coup for China, which brokered it.
43% : Talks between Riyadh and Tehran had been taking place since at least 2021.
43% : In truth, Iran and Oman laid the groundwork, and China has brought willing parties together, rather than having to bang heads.
16% : In contrast, US dealings with Iran have been worse than ever since the Trump administration withdrew from the JCPoA nuclear deal.

*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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