AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Aug 19, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -42% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    96% 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

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"The judge said Weisselberg will have to pay nearly $2 million in taxes, penalties and interest and complete five years of probation."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Judge Laura Cardinal ruled on Aug. 8 that the late Paul Adams waived his right to keep his confessions secret when he posted videos of himself sexually abusing his two daughters on the Internet, boasted of the abuse on social media, and confessed to federal law enforcement agents, who arrested him in 2017 with no help from the church."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Geas and DeCologero were identified as suspects shortly after Bulger's death, according to law enforcement officials at the time, but they remained uncharged as the investigation dragged on for years."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Clergy in Arizona, as in many other states, are required to report information about child sexual abuse or neglect to law enforcement or child welfare authorities."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The company is accused of helping Weisselberg and other executives avoid income taxes by failing to report their full compensation accurately to the government."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"Breathing room for Biden: Big summer wins ease 2024 doubtsWASHINGTON (AP) --"
Positive
12% Conservative
"In just the past several weeks, Biden has signed into law a climate and prescription-drug package that accomplishes many of his party's long-held objectives; Congress has sent him bills that impose strict limits on guns and set out a plan to boost U.S. high-tech manufacturing."
Positive
12% Conservative
"He gave them a week to submit a copy of the affidavit proposing the information it wants to keep secret after the FBI seized classified and top secret information during a search at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last week."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"President Joe Biden and his allies hope big recent wins on climate, health care and more will at least temporarily tamp down questions among top Democrats about whether he will run for reelection."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testifyNEW YORK (AP) --"
Negative
-16% Liberal
"It is likely to contain key details about the Justice Department's investigation examining whether Trump retained and mishandled classified and sensitive government records."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"That optimism may be short lived, at risk if and when former President Donald Trump aounces another White House campaign."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"All that has eased a debate over Biden's future that was spreading."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to put forward proposed redactions as he committed to making public at least part of the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's estate in Florida."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Trump himself is not charged in the case."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Stelter has written a book, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth and been critical of Fox News, making him a frequent target of CNN's conservative critics."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : The judge said Weisselberg will have to pay nearly $2 million in taxes, penalties and interest and complete five years of probation.
42% : Judge Laura Cardinal ruled on Aug. 8 that the late Paul Adams waived his right to keep his confessions secret when he posted videos of himself sexually abusing his two daughters on the Internet, boasted of the abuse on social media, and confessed to federal law enforcement agents, who arrested him in 2017 with no help from the church.
39% : Geas and DeCologero were identified as suspects shortly after Bulger's death, according to law enforcement officials at the time, but they remained uncharged as the investigation dragged on for years.
39% :Clergy in Arizona, as in many other states, are required to report information about child sexual abuse or neglect to law enforcement or child welfare authorities.
37% : The company is accused of helping Weisselberg and other executives avoid income taxes by failing to report their full compensation accurately to the government.
28% : A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall.

*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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