California investigates Big Oil with eye toward taxing profits

Dec 06, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    44% 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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"Instead, the language was rewritten to place a tax on oil companies."
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-8% Liberal
"Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling a special session Monday to debate penalties to oil companies over record profits he blames for the escalating gas prices ."
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-40% Liberal
"Big oil is ripping Californians off, and the deafening silence from the industry yesterday is the latest proof that a price gouging penalty is needed to hold them accountable for profiteering at the expense of California families, Newsom said in a statement ."
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4% Conservative
"A recent state hearing revealed oil company profits of $63 billion between July and September, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income families, Newsom said."
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-4% Liberal
"The prices are down into the $5-a-gallon range, which is still $2 higher than when President Joe Biden took office."
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-4% Liberal
"Both Newsom and the legislature have refused to put a moratorium on the state's 54-cent gas tax , which went up 3 cents in the summer as prices were more than $6 a gallon in many places."
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-12% Liberal
"The earlier attempt to change the law was not spearheaded by Newsom, but rather occurred when a bill was introduced by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley to delete the gas tax."
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0% Conservative
"The earlier attempt to change the law was not spearheaded by Newsom, but rather occurred when a bill was introduced by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley to delete the gas tax."
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0% Conservative
"Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling a special session Monday to debate penalties to oil companies over record profits he blames for the escalating gas prices ."
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-16% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Instead, the language was rewritten to place a tax on oil companies.
30% : Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling a special session Monday to debate penalties to oil companies over record profits he blames for the escalating gas prices .

*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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