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A Multi-Dimensional Evaluation of Explainability in Media Bias Detection

2026 · arXiv.org · Vol abs/2607.19954 · 0 citations · 33 references
Computer Science

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It is suggested that predictive performance, attribution plausibility, and mechanistic faithfulness characterize different aspects of model behavior and should be evaluated separately when studying explainability in media bias detection.

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