KTBB Article RatingBiden White House rejects Abbott's claim of 'self-defense' in fight over border enforcement
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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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| "The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "An invasion referring to a mass migratory movement as an invasion is consistent with white supremacist ideological beliefs, Cohen, an ABC News contributor, said." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Abbott had ordered the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety to put up the razor wire, specifically in Shelby Park, which is near the Eagle Pass section of the border, the site of heavy migrants crossing and a hotspot in the back and forth between the White House and the governor." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson backed his fellow Republican in his escalating battle with the White House." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Texas DPS and the Texas Military Department will continue to hold the line, he said.Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro, who represents San Antonio, said in a post on X that Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border.If Abbott is defying yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, @POTUS needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard now, he said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Texas DPS and the Texas Military Department will continue to hold the line, he said.Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro, who represents San Antonio, said in a post on X that Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border.If Abbott is defying yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, @POTUS needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard now, he said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Texas DPS and the Texas Military Department will continue to hold the line, he said.Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro, who represents San Antonio, said in a post on X that Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border.If Abbott is defying yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, @POTUS needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard now, he said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "I stand with Governor Abbott." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The House will do everything in its power to back him up, Johnson posted on X.The Supreme Court justices did not elaborate on their order but it was seen as meaning federal border agents could resume full control of the contested border area while litigation continues." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the states, Abbott alleged in the statement." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The letter to Texas, obtained by ABC News, demands Texas remove any obstructions to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.Texas law enforcement, on Abbott's order, has blocked Customs and Border Protection's physical access to Shelby Park." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Abbott kept up the fight Thursday." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "President Biden has refused to enforce those laws and has even violated them." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "As we have said many times before, Governor Abbott should stop his extreme political stunts and stop making it harder and more dangerous for Border Patrol to do their jobs." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The president of the United States is not fulfilling his duty to enforce the laws passed by Congress that deny illegal entry into the United States, Abbott said on Fox News." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "In a statement posted on X on Wednesday, Abbott claimed the situation with immigrants crossing into Texas was an invasion, and that because Biden had not enforced the law, his state had a constitutional right to self-defense." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In a statement posted on X on Wednesday, Abbott claimed the situation with immigrants crossing into Texas was an invasion, and that because Biden had not enforced the law, his state had a constitutional right to self-defense." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "John Cohen, who served as the former acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, said Abbott's interpretation is not accurate." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "John Cohen, who served as the former acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, said Abbott's interpretation is not accurate." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The White House on Thursday pushed back hard on Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's latest showdown with President Joe Biden over who controls the southern border." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The White House on Thursday pushed back hard on Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's latest showdown with President Joe Biden over who controls the southern border." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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49% : "The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now.*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.