Yahoo News Article Rating

Thurston County may add two ballots found after election day. Here's why

  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -2% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

N/A

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Washington Secretary of State is expected to certify the results on Dec. 7.
53% : "Every year, millions of dollars in state, county, and local public funds pay for postage to deliver democracy in the form of our ballot distributions, voter's pamphlets, and ballot return envelopes," Hobbs said.
52% : "Under state law, election officials may use the dates provided on the ballot envelopes to determine ballot validity.
43% : "Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has called for improvements to postal service after at least 124 ballots were found in disused collection boxes in King and Pierce counties after the Nov. 7 election, according to a Nov. 16 news release.

*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.

Copy link