AP News Summary at 4:22 p.m. EDT

Aug 13, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    52% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% 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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  •   Conservative
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"Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investorsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quietTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie -- the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The revelation comes after Sinema single-handedly thwarted her party's long-standing goal of raising taxes on such investors."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"But in Tehran, some willing to speak to The Associated Press offered praise for an attack targeting a writer they believe tarnished the Islamic faith with his 1988 book The Satanic Verses."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Pettit sentenced for three charges Muscatine Journal's 2022 All-Area Softball Team Canceled flight causes Jimmie Allen to miss Iowa concert Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion Iowa man drowns while helping rescue child from river PLAYER OF THE YEAR:"
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says, It's definitely something we should do, and when the IRS is adequately resourced, it's something that will happen."
Positive
22% Conservative
"The flagship climate change and health care bill passed by Democrats and soon to be signed by President Joe Biden will bring U.S. taxpayers one step closer to a government-operated electronic free-file tax return system."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investorsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The revelation comes after Sinema single-handedly thwarted her party's long-standing goal of raising taxes on such investors."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"But many in her party see Sinema's defense of the favorable tax treatment received by such investors as indefensible."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Sinema says the contributions did not influence her thinking on the matter."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Pettit sentenced for three charges Muscatine Journal's 2022 All-Area Softball Team Canceled flight causes Jimmie Allen to miss Iowa concert Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion Iowa man drowns while helping rescue child from river PLAYER OF THE YEAR:"
Negative
-18% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investorsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress.
45% :Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quietTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie -- the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death.
41% : The revelation comes after Sinema single-handedly thwarted her party's long-standing goal of raising taxes on such investors.
41% : But in Tehran, some willing to speak to The Associated Press offered praise for an attack targeting a writer they believe tarnished the Islamic faith with his 1988 book "The Satanic Verses."
32% : Pettit sentenced for three charges Muscatine Journal's 2022 All-Area Softball Team Canceled flight causes Jimmie Allen to miss Iowa concert Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion Iowa man drowns while helping rescue child from river PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

*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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