Los Angeles Times Article Rating

The unassuming power of Germany's Angela Merkel. What does she leave behind?

Sep 24, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    19% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : During her four terms, Merkel pushed her party into the political center by ending military conscription, mothballing nuclear power plants, expanding renewable energy, agreeing to shut down coal-burning power plants over the next 15 years, and introducing extensive new government-funded assistance to families.
49% : Many now worry what lies ahead without the leader often seen as the glue holding the European Union together.

*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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