Biden's Praise of Bolsonaro is Affront to Brazil's Forest Defenders

Jun 11, 2022 View Original Article
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    10% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    82% 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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"Local Indigenous people fear the two may have been victims of organized crime, underscoring the growing power of these mafias in the region as environmental law enforcement has retreated under Bolsonaro."
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-6% Liberal
"In addition to being divorced from reality, Biden's statement is remarkably tone deaf."
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4% Conservative
"Biden has shamefully squandered the opportunity to leverage his meeting with Bolsonaro to support the courageous defenders of the Amazon."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Biden should correct this mistake and press Bolsonaro to reverse his damaging policies, urging Bolsonaro to get Brazil back on track in fighting deforestation and protecting forest defenders from violence."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"When US President Joe Biden met Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time ever yesterday at the Summit of the Americas, Biden made the embarrassing choice of praising Bolsonaro's management of the Amazon, which is nothing less than an affront to Brazilians fighting to protect the rainforest."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"When US President Joe Biden met Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time ever yesterday at the Summit of the Americas, Biden made the embarrassing choice of praising Bolsonaro's management of the Amazon, which is nothing less than an affront to Brazilians fighting to protect the rainforest."
Negative
-56% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Local Indigenous people fear the two may have been victims of organized crime, underscoring the growing power of these mafias in the region as environmental law enforcement has retreated under Bolsonaro.

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