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Closer Look with Rose Scott (WABE Atlanta)

Center local news. Over-indexes on Election Integrity & Voting Laws (17.4×) and Rule of Law & Government Weaponization (3.0×).

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Episodes transcribed
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Episodes analyzed
4 tone reads — one per figure per episode
Mixed
No clear favorite or target
thin read

What This Tone Is Based On

The tone scores on this page come from analyzing how this show covers each political figure it mentions. Below is the breakdown of how many of those reads were positive, neutral, or negative.

Positive250%
Neutral125%
Negative125%

Net media tone Neutral across 4 figure-in-episode tone reads (not audience/impressions).

That average is a partisan split, not genuine neutrality50% of reads are positive and 25% negative, and they cancel to the middle.

Thin sample — fewer than 5 tone reads; treat the split as directional.

How Closer Look with Rose Scott (WABE Atlanta) Differs from Other Shows

Overall this show runs marginally more favorable than the rest of the media — mean tone +0.05 vs the media's -0.03.

Coverage Volume

Transcribed episodes per week — last 26 weeks

Sentiment Trajectory

Average weekly tone toward figures — green favorable, red critical

Not enough sentiment data yet
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Department of Labor and Statistics1
NDES1
Urban League1
NAACP1
John Mercer - Lanxton Institute1
Places
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United States2
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Los Angeles2
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