I&#x27;m using VADER - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cjhutto&#x2F;vaderSentiment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cjhutto&#x2F;vaderSentiment</a> - because it&#x27;s trained on NYT data which makes it suitable for news sentiment parsing.<p>The code is pretty readable but relies heavily on a ruleset which might need to be tweaked for one&#x27;s need.