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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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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "And Biden's political standing within his party stabilized after Democrats notched a stronger-than-expected performance in last year's midterm elections, as the president set out to run again on the same themes that buoyed his party last fall, particularly on preserving access to abortion." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "He's spent the last several months road-testing campaign themes, including painting Republicans as fighting for tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy while trying to cut social safety net benefits relied on by everyday Americans and roll back access to abortion services." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "I know we can, Biden said in the video, repeating a mantra he said a dozen times during his State of the Union address in February, listing everything from passing a ban on assault-style weapons and lowering the cost of prescription drugs to codifying a national right to abortion after the Supreme Court's ruling last year overturning Roe v. Wade." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Nothing more sacred, Biden said in the launch video, which painted the Republican Party as extremists trying to roll back access to abortion, cut Social Security, limit voting rights and ban books they disagree with." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer will serve as campaign co-chairs." | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| "Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer will serve as campaign co-chairs." | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| "Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer will serve as campaign co-chairs." | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| "Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer will serve as campaign co-chairs." | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| "Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer will serve as campaign co-chairs." | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| "Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Jim Clyburn and Veronica Escobar; Sens. Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth; entertainment mogul and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Katzenberg; and Whitmer will serve as campaign co-chairs." | Positive | 54% Conservative |
| "Biden, speaking over brief video clips and photographs of key moments in his presidency, snapshots of diverse Americans and flashes of his outspoken Republican foes, including Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, exhorted supporters that this is our moment to defend democracy." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Biden, speaking over brief video clips and photographs of key moments in his presidency, snapshots of diverse Americans and flashes of his outspoken Republican foes, including Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, exhorted supporters that this is our moment to defend democracy." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Biden, speaking over brief video clips and photographs of key moments in his presidency, snapshots of diverse Americans and flashes of his outspoken Republican foes, including Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, exhorted supporters that this is our moment to defend democracy." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Biden, speaking over brief video clips and photographs of key moments in his presidency, snapshots of diverse Americans and flashes of his outspoken Republican foes, including Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, exhorted supporters that this is our moment to defend democracy." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "As the contours of the campaign begin to take shape, Biden plans to campaign on his record." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "As a candidate in 2020, Biden pitched voters on his familiarity with the halls of power in Washington and his relationships around the world as he promised to return a sense of normalcy to the country amid Trump's tumultuous presidency and the deadly COVID-19 pandemic." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "As a candidate in 2020, Biden pitched voters on his familiarity with the halls of power in Washington and his relationships around the world as he promised to return a sense of normalcy to the country amid Trump's tumultuous presidency and the deadly COVID-19 pandemic." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "And Biden's political standing within his party stabilized after Democrats notched a stronger-than-expected performance in last year's midterm elections, as the president set out to run again on the same themes that buoyed his party last fall, particularly on preserving access to abortion." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "During a routine physical in February, his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Coor, declared him healthy, vigorous and fit to handle his White House responsibilities." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Buoyed by the midterm results, Biden plans to continue to cast all Republicans as embracing what he calls ultra-MAGA politics -- a reference to Trump's Make America Great Again slogan -- regardless of whether his predecessor ends up on the 2024 ballot." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Buoyed by the midterm results, Biden plans to continue to cast all Republicans as embracing what he calls ultra-MAGA politics -- a reference to Trump's Make America Great Again slogan -- regardless of whether his predecessor ends up on the 2024 ballot." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "He says he's not done.___Follow the AP's coverage of President Joe Biden at https://apnews.com/hub/joe-biden." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "The aouncement, in a three-minute video, comes on the four-year aiversary of when Biden declared for the White House in 2019, promising to heal the soul of the nation amid the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump -- a goal that has remained elusive." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "The aouncement, in a three-minute video, comes on the four-year aiversary of when Biden declared for the White House in 2019, promising to heal the soul of the nation amid the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump -- a goal that has remained elusive." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "On the heels of the aouncement Tuesday, Biden was set to deliver remarks to union members before hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state visit at the White House." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Three years later, the president now 80, Biden allies say his time in office has demonstrated that he saw himself as more of a transformational than a transitional leader." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "For now, the 76-year-old Trump is the favorite to emerge as the Republican nominee, creating the potential of a historic sequel to the bitterly fought 2020 campaign." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and more than 50 years of experience in Washington will count for more than concerns over his age." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "To prevail again, Biden will need to revive the alliance of young voters and Black voters -- particularly women -- along with blue-collar Midwesterners, moderates and disaffected Republicans who helped him win in 2020." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "With Republicans now in control of the House, Biden has shifted his focus to implementing those massive laws and making sure voters credit him for the improvements, while sharpening the contrast with the GOP ahead of an expected showdown over raising the nation's borrowing limit that could have debilitating consequences for the country's economy." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Yet few things have unified Democratic voters like the prospect of Trump returning to power." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Biden's aouncement is roughly consistent with the timeline followed by then-President Barack Obama, who waited until April 2011 to declare for a second term." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Biden's aouncement is roughly consistent with the timeline followed by then-President Barack Obama, who waited until April 2011 to declare for a second term." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Trump launched his reelection bid on the day he was sworn in in 2017." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "But even back then, Biden was acutely aware of voters' concerns about his age." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "On Tuesday, Biden named White House adviser Julie Chavez Rodru00edguez to serve as campaign manager and Quentin Fulks, who ran Sen. Raphael Warnock's reelection campaign in Georgia last year, to serve as principal deputy campaign manager." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "On Tuesday, Biden named White House adviser Julie Chavez Rodru00edguez to serve as campaign manager and Quentin Fulks, who ran Sen. Raphael Warnock's reelection campaign in Georgia last year, to serve as principal deputy campaign manager." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally aounced that he is ruing for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to finish the job he began when he was sworn in to office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America's oldest president for another four years." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Biden's formal go-ahead comes after months of public incredulity that the president would seek another term despite plentiful signs that he was intent on doing so." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "I know we can, Biden said in the video, repeating a mantra he said a dozen times during his State of the Union address in February, listing everything from passing a ban on assault-style weapons and lowering the cost of prescription drugs to codifying a national right to abortion after the Supreme Court's ruling last year overturning Roe v. Wade." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Biden also plans to point to his work over the past two years shoring up American alliances, leading a global coalition to support Ukraine's defenses against Russia's invasion and returning the U.S. to the Paris climate accord." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Biden, on multiple occasions, has brushed back concerns about his age, saying simply, Watch me." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Biden is not expected to dramatically alter his day-to-day schedule as a candidate -- at least not immediately -- with aides believing his strongest political asset is showing the American people that he is governing." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "I said we are in a battle for the soul of America, and we still are, Biden said." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else, Biden said in March 2020, as he campaigned in Michigan with younger Democrats, including now-Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else, Biden said in March 2020, as he campaigned in Michigan with younger Democrats, including now-Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else, Biden said in March 2020, as he campaigned in Michigan with younger Democrats, including now-Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else, Biden said in March 2020, as he campaigned in Michigan with younger Democrats, including now-Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Biden's reelection bid comes as the nation weathers uncertain economic crosscurrents." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "This is not a time to be complacent, Biden added." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Aides acknowledge that while some in his party might prefer an alternative to Biden, there is anything but consensus within their diverse coalition on who that might be." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Obama didn't hold a reelection rally until May 2012." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "While the question of seeking reelection has been a given for most modern presidents, that's not always been the case for Biden, as a notable swath of Democratic voters have indicated they would prefer he not run, in part because of his age -- concerns Biden has called totally legitimate but ones he did not address head-on in the launch video." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "While the question of seeking reelection has been a given for most modern presidents, that's not always been the case for Biden, as a notable swath of Democratic voters have indicated they would prefer he not run, in part because of his age -- concerns Biden has called totally legitimate but ones he did not address head-on in the launch video." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "But Trump faces significant hurdles of his own, including the designation of being the first former president to face criminal charges." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Still, many Democrats would prefer that Biden didn't run again." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And they insist that when Biden is compared with whomever the GOP nominates, Democrats and independents will rally around Biden." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And they insist that when Biden is compared with whomever the GOP nominates, Democrats and independents will rally around Biden." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The remaining GOP field is volatile, with DeSantis emerging as an early alternative to Trump." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "But the leg up offered by being in the White House can be rickety -- three of the last seven presidents have lost reelection, most recently Trump in 2020." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And if he follows the Obama playbook, he may not hold any formal campaign rallies until well into 2024." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And Biden's verbal -- and occasional physical -- stumbles have become fodder among the GOP, which has sought to cast him as unfit for office." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Nothing more sacred, Biden said in the launch video, which painted the Republican Party as extremists trying to roll back access to abortion, cut Social Security, limit voting rights and ban books they disagree with." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
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57% : And Biden's political standing within his party stabilized after Democrats notched a stronger-than-expected performance in last year's midterm elections, as the president set out to run again on the same themes that buoyed his party last fall, particularly on preserving access to abortion.54% : He's spent the last several months road-testing campaign themes, including painting Republicans as fighting for tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy while trying to cut social safety net benefits relied on by everyday Americans and roll back access to abortion services.
47% : I know we can," Biden said in the video, repeating a mantra he said a dozen times during his State of the Union address in February, listing everything from passing a ban on assault-style weapons and lowering the cost of prescription drugs to codifying a national right to abortion after the Supreme Court's ruling last year overturning Roe v. Wade.
29% : Nothing more sacred," Biden said in the launch video, which painted the Republican Party as extremists trying to roll back access to abortion, cut Social Security, limit voting rights and ban books they disagree with.
*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.