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Topic · social

Political Loyalty And Perception

141 posts · 2,033 engagement · first seen 30 Mar 2022 · last seen 18 Jun 2026

The piece critiques how media outlets like RNZ and Stuff use commentators' past ties to political parties to create the illusion of neutrality, arguing that such framing distorts objectivity and reinforces bias in political discourse.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 134 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

12%
65%
16%
Supportive 16 Critical 87 Dismissive 1 Neutral / explainer 21 Mocking 9

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 134 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

34%
64%
Positive 45 Neutral 3 Negative 86

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • youtube
    128 posts · 783 engagement
    783
  • twitter
    2 posts · 428 engagement
    428
  • reddit
    4 posts · 351 engagement
    351

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.