Des Moines Register Article Rating'Why do people do this?' Police search for 'armed and dangerous' man after Maine shooting
- Bias Rating
46% Medium Conservative
- Reliability
90% ReliableExcellent
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-29% Negative
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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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
63% : Please contact law enforcement if you are aware of his whereabouts.56% : "Federal law enforcement agencies are assisting our state and local law enforcement partners in Lewiston, Maine.
50% : Hundreds of law enforcement agents were urgently scouring communities around Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday for a person of interest in connection with two shootings at a bowling alley and bar that killed at least 16 people and left terrified residents huddled in their homes.
48% : The state is known as a "shall-issue" permitless carry state.
43% : Maine has lax gun control laws; state has few shootings Maine is a state with much looser gun laws than peer northeastern states.
*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.