Bannon Pleads Not Guilty in 'We Build the Wall' Scheme - GV Wire - Explore. Explain. Expose

Sep 08, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    94% 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.

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"In that case, federal prosecutors alleged Baon and his co-defendants capitalized on public fervor over border security -- a pillar of Trump's presidential campaign -- and tricked thousands of people into thinking 100"
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-4% Liberal
"As the president's chief strategist, he was at the forefront of many of the administration's most contentious policies, including its travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries, but was pushed out after less than a year."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Last year, the Manhattan district attorney's office charged Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, with cyberstalking months after Trump pardoned him in a similar federal case."
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0% Conservative
"Last year, the Manhattan district attorney's office charged Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, with cyberstalking months after Trump pardoned him in a similar federal case."
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0% Conservative
"In that case, federal prosecutors alleged Baon and his co-defendants capitalized on public fervor over border security -- a pillar of Trump's presidential campaign -- and tricked thousands of people into thinking 100"
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-2% Liberal
"Baon, who had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him."
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-16% Liberal
"A voice of nationalist, outsider conservatism, Baon led the conservative Breitbart News before becoming chief executive officer of Trump's 2016 campaign in its critical final months."
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-16% Liberal
"He is the second person pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office for the same alleged conduct."
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-18% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Baon pleaded not guilty Thursday to duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border -- a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Earlier, Baon accused Bragg of pursuing phony charges against him, saying the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November's midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump's Republican supporters."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"In another case not covered by Trump's pardon, Baon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Baon's New York charges stem from the same alleged conduct as an attempted federal prosecution that ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Baon on his last day in office."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Baon, in a statement Tuesday, said federal prosecutors did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election, referring to his arrest months before Trump's reelection loss."
Negative
-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In that case, federal prosecutors alleged Bannon and his co-defendants capitalized on public fervor over border security -- a pillar of Trump's presidential campaign -- and tricked thousands of people into thinking 100% of their donations would go to building a wall along the 1,933-mile (3,110-kilometer) U.S.-Mexico line.
44% : As the president's chief strategist, he was at the forefront of many of the administration's most contentious policies, including its travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries, but was pushed out after less than a 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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