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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "Clashes have intensified between anti-abortion protesters and volunteers who escort patients into the clinic." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "Illinois gun laws are generally praised by gun-control advocates as tougher than in most states." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Iran's outdoor painters seek to capture, preserve old TehranTEHRAN, Iran (AP) --" | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Biden himself was a recipient of the award, as President Barack Obama surprised him with a medal in the final days of their administration." | Positive | 62% Conservative |
| "Biden himself was a recipient of the award, as President Barack Obama surprised him with a medal in the final days of their administration." | Positive | 62% Conservative |
| "Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Tony Awards, wide acclaim and admiration from audiences and peers around the world, Biden said." | Positive | 44% Conservative |
| "During his four years in office, President Donald Trump honored 24 people, a list populated by practitioners of his favorite sport, golf -- Tiger Woods, Gary Player and Aika Sorenstam -- and some of his fiercest political allies, such as radio host Rush Limbaugh and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio." | Positive | 42% Conservative |
| "During his four years in office, President Donald Trump honored 24 people, a list populated by practitioners of his favorite sport, golf -- Tiger Woods, Gary Player and Aika Sorenstam -- and some of his fiercest political allies, such as radio host Rush Limbaugh and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio." | Positive | 42% Conservative |
| "Biden grew most emotional when talking about McCain, his longtime friend." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Biden grew most emotional when talking about McCain, his longtime friend." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Sister Simone Campbell is a gift from God, Biden said Thursday, taking the occasion to recall his meeting with Pope Benedict, who asked Biden for some advice." | Positive | 32% Conservative |
| "Sister Simone Campbell is a gift from God, Biden said Thursday, taking the occasion to recall his meeting with Pope Benedict, who asked Biden for some advice." | Positive | 32% Conservative |
| "Biden also used the occasion to showcase his embrace of bipartisanship, and to nod to a Senate where he served for decades." | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| "WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 17 people in a wide variety of endeavors, including gymnast Simone Biles, Academy Award-wiing actor Denzel Washington and, posthumously, inventor Steve Jobs and former senator John McCain." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 17 people in a wide variety of endeavors, including gymnast Simone Biles, Academy Award-wiing actor Denzel Washington and, posthumously, inventor Steve Jobs and former senator John McCain." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "It was one of Biden's best days as vice president, he has recalled fondly, when Obama referred to his eight-year partner as the best vice president America's ever had and a lion of American history." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "It was one of Biden's best days as vice president, he has recalled fondly, when Obama referred to his eight-year partner as the best vice president America's ever had and a lion of American history." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "Biden also praised Megan Rapinoe, a member of the U.S. women's national soccer team since 2006 who has won one Olympic gold medal and two World Cup championships." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Megan is a champion for the essential American truth that everyone -- everyone -- is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect, Biden said." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Biden, a president who loves ceremonies -- often relishing the moments when, as vice president, he swore in new U.S. senators -- was in his element for the duration of the event." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Biden's list of recipients, his first as president, reflected his personal and political identity, ranging from a labor leader, the late AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, to a gun control activist, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Biden's list of recipients, his first as president, reflected his personal and political identity, ranging from a labor leader, the late AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, to a gun control activist, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "This, Biden said at the conclusion of the event, is America." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Biden honored Fred Gray, one of the first Black members of the Alabama legislature since Reconstruction and an attorney who represented civil rights activists such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Biden praised Gray's contribution to helping dismantle unjust laws." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "She is married to Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a former astronaut, who is up for reelection this year." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "He named several Republicans known for working across the aisle, those who came from average backgrounds to do extraordinary things -- and, in true Biden form, a Catholic nun." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "I admit to my Democratic friends, I'm the guy that encouraged John to go home and run for office for real, he said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The fact that it's the Presidential Medal of Freedom means more to us, I think, than most people, McCain said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "McCain's widow, Cindy, endorsed Biden in 2020 as the Democrat reversed the party's fortunes in Arizona, wiing the state." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "McCain's widow, Cindy, endorsed Biden in 2020 as the Democrat reversed the party's fortunes in Arizona, wiing the state." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "He's a great hugger, Simpson deadpaed to the room as Biden placed the award around his neck." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "He's a great hugger, Simpson deadpaed to the room as Biden placed the award around his neck." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "John was denied his freedom for so long." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "It'd be presumptuous of me to give you advice, Your Holiness, Biden recalled saying." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Of Biles, Biden joked, Today, she adds to her medal count of 32." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "They were significantly different, Biden said." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The honorees were a study in contrasts, a group that included Biles, 25, the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, who has advocated for sexual assault victims, as well as former senator Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., 90, the sharp-tongued politician and governor's son who served 18 years in the Senate." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Biden said that Washington was unable to attend the event and would receive his award at a later date; a White House official later said Washington's absence was due to a COVID result." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "From foster care challenges to gun violence, the recipients have witnessed up close some of the darkest elements of the American experience, but have triumphed over that darkness, Biden said." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Giffords, for example, co-founded a nonprofit focused on preventing gun violence after she was shot and gravely wounded at a constituent event in Tucson in January 2011." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "One of the most decent, stand-up, genuine guys I've ever served with -- and I serve with a lot of senators -- is this guy, Biden said, referring to Simpson." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "One of the most decent, stand-up, genuine guys I've ever served with -- and I serve with a lot of senators -- is this guy, Biden said, referring to Simpson." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Biden once joined her Nuns on the Bus tour." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "When the Pope pressed further, Biden said he offered, Well, one piece of advice ..." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Biden also served in the Senate with McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and decorated Vietnam War veteran who died in 2018 of brain cancer." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Biden also served in the Senate with McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and decorated Vietnam War veteran who died in 2018 of brain cancer." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "They shared much, Biden recounted, but there were two topics they did not discuss: McCain's imprisonment in Vietnam and Biden's loss of his wife and daughter." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "They shared much, Biden recounted, but there were two topics they did not discuss: McCain's imprisonment in Vietnam and Biden's loss of his wife and daughter." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "They shared much, Biden recounted, but there were two topics they did not discuss: McCain's imprisonment in Vietnam and Biden's loss of his wife and daughter." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
62% : Clashes have intensified between anti-abortion protesters and volunteers who escort patients into the clinic.56% : Illinois gun laws are generally praised by gun-control advocates as tougher than in most states.
32% : Iran's outdoor painters seek to capture, preserve old TehranTEHRAN, Iran (AP) --
*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.