A few years ago I spoke to a data scientist who, after a bunch of NLP work, had hit on a very simple technique for quickly identifying good news and bad news.
How to tell that it's good news: there are numbers near the top.
How to tell that it's bad news: the figures are buried as deeply as legally permissible.
How to tell that it's good news: there are numbers near the top.
How to tell that it's bad news: the figures are buried as deeply as legally permissible.