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Iowans protest following kidnapping of Des Moines superintendent by immigration Gestapo | MR Online

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  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -51% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : After President Donald Trump removed "sensitive location" restrictions on ICE agents, allowing them to conduct raids in public schools, churches and hospitals, Roberts sent a letter to parents saying the district would do "everything we can within our legal and moral authority to support students, which is always our top priority.
50% : My rage can't fit on this poster," "Education not deportation, free Dr. Roberts," "ICE takes which of the following?
45% : " On Friday, the day Roberts was kidnapped, hundreds of people massed in downtown Des Moines holding signs and chanting "Free Dr. Roberts!" Homemade signs at the Friday rally read: "Lead us not into detention, but deliver us from ICE," "Resist fascism," "No human is illegal," "Free our school superintendent!
44% : Protesters held signs that read "ICE is gestapo," "Who's next?!"
42% : In an attempt to smear Roberts as a dangerous fugitive, ICE claimed it found a loaded pistol in his vehicle.
30% : ICE is accusing him of overstaying a student visa issued in 1999.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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