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index int64 0 4.87k	binary_label stringclasses 2 values	article_text stringlengths 1.82k 100k	severity int64 0 4	bias_found bool 2 classes	biased_segments listlengths 0 54	unbiased_text stringlengths 1.36k 102k
0	biased	The cease-fire negotiations going on between Israel and Hamas are "another election-year gambit" staged in hopes of benefiting Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Tuesday. "Hamas is right," Wilkie said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "This is another ...	3	true	[ { "original": "another election-year gambit", "replacement": "a political strategy during an election year", "severity": "medium", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The term 'gambit' dismisses diplomatic efforts as mere political maneuvering." }, { "original": "staged in hope...	The cease-fire negotiations going on between Israel and Hamas are "a political strategy during an election year" intended to support Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Tuesday. "Hamas is right," Wilkie said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "This is a p...
1	biased	On today's episode of The Excerpt podcast: Donald Trump's lawyer makes an immunity appeal in court. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen has the latest. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has disclosed the illness that's kept him hospitalized. USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page looks at Nikki Ha...	2	true	[ { "original": "political adversaries", "replacement": "political opponents", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "framing bias", "reasoning": "The term 'adversaries' has a more antagonistic and loaded connotation than the more neutral 'opponents'." }, { "original": "contentious stuff", "...	On today's episode of The Excerpt podcast: Donald Trump's lawyer makes an immunity appeal in court. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen has the latest. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has disclosed the illness that's kept him hospitalized. USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page looks at Nikki Ha...
2	biased	Bolster bus services, build cycle paths, impose frequent flyer levies and reopen old railway lines to decarbonise the UK transport system, environment experts are urging, as the Labour party begins to lay out its plans. The government’s proposals for rail nationalisation are likely to feature in the king’s speech on W...	2	true	[ { "original": "creaking infrastructure", "replacement": "current infrastructure", "severity": "medium", "bias_type": "sensationalism", "reasoning": "The term 'creaking' is a sensationalist descriptor that implies a state of decay or imminent failure rather than providing a neutral assessment." ...	Bolster bus services, build cycle paths, impose frequent flyer levies and reopen old railway lines to decarbonise the UK transport system, environment experts are urging, as the Labour party begins to lay out its plans. The government’s proposals for rail nationalisation are likely to feature in the king’s speech on We...
3	biased	When it comes to the negative impact of tariffs, President Joe Biden should heed the wise words of … himself. That’s right. In 2019, then-candidate Biden took aim at President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on thousands of products and the hundreds of dollars individual families would have to pay each year as a resu...	3	true	[ { "original": "should heed the wise words of … himself", "replacement": "could consider his own previous statements", "severity": "medium", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The phrase 'wise words' is subjective and sarcastic in this context, used to mock the subject's change in poli...	When it comes to the impact of tariffs, President Joe Biden could consider his own previous statements. That’s right. In 2019, then-candidate Biden took aim at President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on thousands of products and the hundreds of dollars individual families would have to pay each year as a result. “...
4	biased	Follow our live coverage of the verdict in Hunter Biden’s gun trial. One by one, the women drifted into the courthouse: The wife. The ex-wife. The daughter. The sister-in-law who, through the fog of tragedy and drug abuse, ended up an ex-girlfriend. Once inside the courtroom, they locked their eyes past the many stra...	3	true	[ { "original": "drifted into the courthouse", "replacement": "entered the courthouse", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The verb 'drifted' is a narrative flourish that adds a dramatic, almost ghostly tone to a standard action." }, { "original": "through the...	Follow our live coverage of the verdict in Hunter Biden’s gun trial. One by one, the women entered the courthouse: The wife. The ex-wife. The daughter. The sister-in-law who, amidst personal difficulties and substance use, ended up an ex-girlfriend. Once inside the courtroom, they looked past the observers in the court...
5	biased	A Washington DC council member has been arrested on charges of accepting $156,000 in bribes in exchange for using his political position to help private companies secure public contracts for violence prevention. Trayon White, a Democrat and former unsuccessful mayoral candidate who has also previously been accused of ...	2	true	[ { "original": "former unsuccessful mayoral candidate", "replacement": "former mayoral candidate", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The word 'unsuccessful' is a factual but unnecessary descriptor that adds a negative framing to the subject's political history." }...	A Washington DC council member has been arrested on charges of accepting $156,000 in bribes in exchange for using his political position to help private companies secure public contracts for violence prevention. Trayon White, a Democrat and former mayoral candidate who has also previously been accused of spreading anti...
6	biased	LOADINGERROR LOADING An active-duty officer with the U.S. Army publicly announced his resignation on Monday from the Defense Intelligence Agency and the service over the American government’s policy on Gaza ― the latest official to leave their post in protest of the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel’...	2	true	[ { "original": "Palestinian enclave", "replacement": "Gaza Strip", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The term 'enclave' can carry specific political connotations compared to the more neutral geographic name." }, { "original": "Israeli forces have killed more...	LOADINGERROR LOADING An active-duty officer with the U.S. Army publicly announced his resignation on Monday from the Defense Intelligence Agency and the service over the American government’s policy on Gaza ― the latest official to leave their post in protest of the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel’s...
7	biased	The Supreme Court Historical Society (SCHS) is condemning a secret audio recording that took place at its recent annual dinner, during which a liberal filmmaker presented herself as a conservative supporter to Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito in order to ask them questions...	2	true	[ { "original": "liberal filmmaker", "replacement": "filmmaker", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "framing bias", "reasoning": "Using ideological labels can frame the subject through a partisan lens rather than focusing on their actions." }, { "original": "conservative supporter", "repl...	The Supreme Court Historical Society (SCHS) is condemning a secret audio recording that took place at its recent annual dinner, during which a filmmaker presented herself as a supporter to Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito in order to ask them questions. "We condemn the su...
8	biased	Philadelphia — Last week, Ohio senator J. D. Vance was warming up to his new role on the Donald Trump campaign, crisscrossing the country to counter-program Kamala Harris’s battleground-state campaign blitz. “Everywhere she goes, chaos and uncertainty follow,” Vance told a crowd of supporters and reporters at a campai...	3	true	[ { "original": "media-averse campaign strategy", "replacement": "strategy of limited media engagement", "severity": "medium", "bias_type": "framing bias", "reasoning": "The term 'media-averse' frames the strategy as a negative avoidance rather than a tactical choice." }, { "original": "ro...	Philadelphia — Last week, Ohio senator J. D. Vance was warming up to his new role on the Donald Trump campaign, crisscrossing the country to counter-program Kamala Harris’s battleground-state campaign blitz. “Everywhere she goes, chaos and uncertainty follow,” Vance told a crowd of supporters and reporters at a campaig...
9	biased	BRUSSELS, July 16 (Reuters) - A top European Union official rebuked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday after he launched a self-styled Ukraine "peace mission" that included talks with Donald Trump and the leaders of Russia and China without EU backing. Orban told fellow leaders of the 27-nation bloc in a...	2	true	[ { "original": "rebuked", "replacement": "criticized", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The word 'rebuked' implies an authoritative scolding rather than a standard political disagreement." }, { "original": "a self-styled", "replacement": "what he descri...	BRUSSELS, July 16 (Reuters) - A top European Union official criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday after he launched what he described as a Ukraine "peace mission" that included talks with Donald Trump and the leaders of Russia and China without EU backing. Orban told fellow leaders of the 27-natio...
10	biased	Nikki Haley’s bid for the Republican nomination was not as simple as it has often been perceived. It involved a number of different and conflicting motivations: depicting Donald Trump as unelectable, enticing Trump supporters to consider her candidacy and walking the fine line between challenging Trump and establishing...	2	true	[ { "original": "Trump being so toxic and so bad for the future of the country.", "replacement": "concerns about Trump's character and his potential impact on the country's future.", "severity": "medium", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The word 'toxic' is a highly subjective and pej...	Nikki Haley’s bid for the Republican nomination was not as simple as it has often been perceived. It involved a number of different and conflicting motivations: depicting Donald Trump as unelectable, enticing Trump supporters to consider her candidacy and walking the fine line between challenging Trump and establishing...
11	biased	Plans for a network of radars tracking deep space activity to help protect the UK from “space warfare” are to go ahead in Pembrokeshire, despite the opposition of local campaigners. The 27 radar dishes planned for the St Davids peninsula, which will be 20 metres high and can track objects as small as a football, are p...	2	true	[ { "original": "“space warfare”", "replacement": "space-based security threats", "severity": "medium", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The term \"warfare\" is highly charged and sensationalist, framing space primarily as a site of violent conflict." }, { "original": "emergin...	Plans for a network of radars tracking deep space activity to help protect the UK from space-based security threats are to go ahead in Pembrokeshire, despite the opposition of local campaigners. The 27 radar dishes planned for the St Davids peninsula, which will be 20 metres high and can track objects as small as a foo...
12	biased	The decisions by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday to agree to two presidential debates will ensure the continuation of a tradition that dates back to 1960. But it might look a little different this year: the candidates will first debate on June 27 on CNN, months ahead of the usual fal...	2	true	[ { "original": "appealing performance", "replacement": "performance", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The word 'appealing' is a subjective descriptor that editorializes Kennedy's performance rather than describing it neutrally." }, { "original": "fumbled a...	The decisions by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday to agree to two presidential debates will ensure the continuation of a tradition that dates back to 1960. But it might look a little different this year: the candidates will first debate on June 27 on CNN, months ahead of the usual fall...
13	biased	Earlier this year, three members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over the vigorous dissent of their two colleagues, banned almost all noncompete agreements in the United States, deeming them an unfair method of competition. They also claimed the power to overrule contrary laws of more than 30 states regulating s...	3	true	[ { "original": "over the vigorous dissent", "replacement": "with the dissent", "severity": "low", "bias_type": "loaded language", "reasoning": "The word 'vigorous' adds unnecessary emotional weight to a standard legal disagreement." }, { "original": "claimed the power", "replacement":...	Earlier this year, three members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the dissent of their two colleagues, banned almost all noncompete agreements in the United States, deeming them an unfair method of competition. They also asserted the authority to supersede contrary laws of more than 30 states regulating such...
14	unbiased	Jurors returned a partial verdict Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing Samantha Woll, a Detroit synagogue leader. Michael Jackson-Bolanos was acquitted of first-degree murder, but the jury deadlocked on felony murder and home invasion charges after five days of deliberations, according to Detroit ABC affi...	0	false	[]	Jurors returned a partial verdict Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing Samantha Woll, a Detroit synagogue leader. Michael Jackson-Bolanos was acquitted of first-degree murder, but the jury deadlocked on felony murder and home invasion charges after five days of deliberations, according to Detroit ABC affi...

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UnBias Plus Dataset

Dataset Summary

UnBias Plus is a dataset for news bias detection. It is built on top of VLDBench, using the same source articles, extended with bias-specific annotations including severity scores, span-level biased segment highlights, and debiased rewrites.

Dataset Structure

Column	Type	Description
index	int64	Row index
binary_label	string	Bias label: `biased` or `unbiased`
article_text	string	Full article content
severity	int64	Bias severity score (0–4)
bias_found	bool	Whether bias was detected
biased_segments	list	Span-level biased text annotations
unbiased_text	string	Debiased rewrite of the article

Split: train · 4,867 rows

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("vector-institute/Unbias-plus", split="train")

record = ds[0]
print(record['binary_label'])
print(record['severity'])
print(record['biased_segments'])