Joe Biden Pardons Federal Marijuana Possession Convictions

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    64% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-18% Negative

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"Criminal records for marijuana use and possession have imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities, Biden said."
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-8% Liberal
"Biden also sent a message to governors to reconsider their approach to the criminalization of marijuana on the state level."
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-14% Liberal
"Biden also commuted the sentences of 11 people who are serving disproportionately long sentences for non-violent drug offenses since they'd be eligible to receive significantly lower sentences if charged today."
Negative
-26% Liberal
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*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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