Are Greg Abbott's disaster declarations an abuse of power?

Oct 05, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    38% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% 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

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  •   Conservative
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"As it stands, Abbott estimates his catch and jail program has placed thousands of undocumented immigrants in Texas prisons."
Positive
34% Conservative
"The Republican leader also recently signed security funding bills to increase state border security funding by nearly $3 million, a portion of which will be used to expand the border wall started by Trump, the Texas Tribune reports."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The Republican leader also recently signed security funding bills to increase state border security funding by nearly $3 million, a portion of which will be used to expand the border wall started by Trump, the Texas Tribune reports."
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-2% Liberal
"I do not think that this is a disaster, Cuellar said."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"In an effort to check Abbott's power during the pandemic, GOP House Speaker and Beaumont Republican Dade Phelan sought to create a legislative oversight committee that would have the authority to terminate a pandemic disaster declaration by Abbott, according to the Texas Tribune."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Biden has turned his back on Texans living along the border, and FEMA's refusal to declare a federal emergency at the border puts their health, safety, and property at risk, Abbott wrote in a statement."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"This is a state version of [former President Donald Trump] declaring a border emergency."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"In his appeal to FEMA, Abbott argued migrant border crossings are a man-made disaster caused by President Joe Biden and his administration."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"In June, Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat, told KXAN he disagreed with Abbott labeling the border crisis a disaster."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : As it stands, Abbott estimates his "catch and jail" program has placed "thousands" of undocumented immigrants in Texas prisons.
52% : The Republican leader also recently signed security funding bills to increase state border security funding by nearly $3 million, a portion of which will be used to expand the border wall started by Trump, the Texas Tribune reports.

*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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