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Al Jazeera Article Rating

The 'war on terror' and the disciplining of American Muslims

Sep 11, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Not unlike the depictions of communism at the height of the Cold War, Islam was portrayed as lurking behind every corner and posing a growing threat to the American way of life, if left unchecked.
52% : US law enforcement agencies quickly set about to uncover "sleeper cells" hiding within the community's mosques and Islamic centres.
41% : Those targeted for surveillance faced the threat of criminal prosecution for exercising their constitutionally protected rights to free speech and association.

*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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