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Alex Murdaugh turns himself in for 'paying hitman to kill him'

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Source Daily Mail Online bias rating
Published Sep 16, 2021
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The Bias Rating is computed based on a number of factors including bias loaded words, sentiments towards certain political policies, author bias towards politicians, and the amount of tone found in the article.

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Reliability Score Analysis

The Reliability Score of the article is determined on a percentage score basis from 0 to 100%.

  • Opposite Sources as Poor for the lower number of sources with different viewpoints.
  • Unique Sources as Poor for the lower number of different sources.
  • Multiple Sources as Poor for the lower number of total sources.
  • Multiple Quotes as Poor for the lower number of quotes used in the article.
  • Quote Length as Poor for the lower number of words used in each quote.

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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 76% Conservative:

  • 1 negative sentiment for Criminal justice
  • 4 negative sentiments for Assisted Suicide

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 98% Negative and bias score of 98% Conservative:

7 negative sentiments and 1 positive sentiment for Margaret Wood Hassan

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Criminal justice
Assisted Suicide

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Margaret Wood Hassan

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4% Multiple casings were found on the scene near the Mercedes SUV being driven by Murdaugh that day and once owned by his wife, Maggie.nn"
-10% "He was arrested Tuesday and charged on multiple counts including conspiracy and assisted suicide for his role in the shooting.""
-10% This marks just the latest twist in the Murdaugh family saga, which gained national attention when Murdaugh's wife Maggie and son Paul were shot ..."
-14% "By the time law enforcement arrived, he was already being transported to hospital in Savannah suffering from what South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) ..."
-26% Alex's son Paul, 22, (left) and wife Maggie, 52, (right) were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds on June 7 at the family hunting ..."
-30% "Smith, a former client of the attorney, was charged on multiple counts including assisted suicide and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.""
-32% Alex's father Randolph Murdaugh III died 'peacefully' at home three days after Maggie and Paul were found shot deadnnJune 10 2021:"
-34% "Smith, 61, was arrested and charged on Tuesday on multiple counts including assisted suicide and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud in connection with Alex ..."
-34% "Smith was arrested Tuesday on charges of assisted suicide, assault and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance ..."
-34% Paul and Maggie (together left) were shot dead on June 7."

We have listed the top 10 sentiments. More sentiments do exist. Please review the full article for more information.

*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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : He was arrested Tuesday and charged on multiple counts including conspiracy and assisted suicide for his role in the shooting.
43% : By the time law enforcement arrived, he was already being transported to hospital in Savannah suffering from what South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has consistently described as a 'superficial' gunshot wound to the head.
35% : Smith, a former client of the attorney, was charged on multiple counts including assisted suicide and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.
33% : Smith, 61, was arrested and charged on Tuesday on multiple counts including assisted suicide and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud in connection with Alex Murdaugh's shooting
33% : Smith was arrested Tuesday on charges of assisted suicide, assault and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud

*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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