Table 1.

Most Predictive Words for Classifying Articles as Either News or Non-News, and Separately, for Separating Out Descriptive News from Opinion

Front-section news & opinion (+) vs. “non-news” (−)
PositiveNegative
contributed, democratic,
economy, authorities, leadership, read, Republican, Democrats, country’s, administration
film, today, pretty, probably personal, learn, technology, mind posted, isn’t
Opinion (+) vs. descriptive news (−)
PositiveNegative
stay, seem, important, seems isn’t, fact, actually, reason latest, simplycontributed, reporting, said, say spokesman, experts interview, expected added, hers
Front-section news & opinion (+) vs. “non-news” (−)
PositiveNegative
contributed, democratic,
economy, authorities, leadership, read, Republican, Democrats, country’s, administration
film, today, pretty, probably personal, learn, technology, mind posted, isn’t
Opinion (+) vs. descriptive news (−)
PositiveNegative
stay, seem, important, seems isn’t, fact, actually, reason latest, simplycontributed, reporting, said, say spokesman, experts interview, expected added, hers
Table 1.

Most Predictive Words for Classifying Articles as Either News or Non-News, and Separately, for Separating Out Descriptive News from Opinion

Front-section news & opinion (+) vs. “non-news” (−)
PositiveNegative
contributed, democratic,
economy, authorities, leadership, read, Republican, Democrats, country’s, administration
film, today, pretty, probably personal, learn, technology, mind posted, isn’t
Opinion (+) vs. descriptive news (−)
PositiveNegative
stay, seem, important, seems isn’t, fact, actually, reason latest, simplycontributed, reporting, said, say spokesman, experts interview, expected added, hers
Front-section news & opinion (+) vs. “non-news” (−)
PositiveNegative
contributed, democratic,
economy, authorities, leadership, read, Republican, Democrats, country’s, administration
film, today, pretty, probably personal, learn, technology, mind posted, isn’t
Opinion (+) vs. descriptive news (−)
PositiveNegative
stay, seem, important, seems isn’t, fact, actually, reason latest, simplycontributed, reporting, said, say spokesman, experts interview, expected added, hers
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