CBS News Article RatingAppeals court tosses ex-Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's conviction for lying to FBI
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-88% Extremely Liberal
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60% ReliableFair
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- Politician Portrayal
88% Negative
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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.
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-43% Negative
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| "Fortenberry said in a statement that he and his wife were gratified by the Ninth Circuit's decision.Celeste and I would like to thank everyone who has stood by us and supported us with their kindness and friendship, he said." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "The interviews occurred at Fortenberry's home in Nebraska and his lawyer's office in Washington." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Fortenberry's convictions are reversed so that he may be retried, if at all, in a proper venue, U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in a 23-page opinion." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Fortenberry's trial took place in a state where no charged crime was committed, and before a jury drawn from the vicinage of the federal agencies that investigated the defendant." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "As such, Fortenberry was not charged with violating election law but rather with lying to investigators." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Fortenberry, who resigned from Congress after the conviction, was sentenced to two years of probation and a $25,000 fine." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion that Fortenberry should have been tried in Nebraska or Washington, D.C., where he made the alleged false statements to investigators and not in California, where his trial was held." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "He was accused of lying during two interviews in 2019 with FBI agents who were looking into the illegal contributions and whether Fortenberry knew about them." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska for lying to the FBI about illegal contributions made to his reelection campaign, determining that he was tried in the wrong venue." | Negative | -34% 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.