Townhall Article RatingCBS News Selectively Edited Tim Scott Quoting Scripture
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14% Somewhat Conservative
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60% Very Conservative
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6% Positive
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "In her home state of South Carolina, where the primary is on Saturday, Trump is ahead of Haley by 31 points." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "Trump won a historic 176,384 votes at 54.4 percent, while Haley came in second with 43.2 percent of the vote." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Once a primary opponent of former and potentially future President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has since endorsed the Republican frontrunner is now on the campaign trail as a top surrogate, especially when it comes to Trump looking to earn support from black voters." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Host Robert Costa had asked Scott about how Nalin Haley, the adult son former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is still in the race, referred to the senator as Judas for endorsing Trump." | Negative | -78% Liberal |
| "Trump told the senator you must really hate her, speaking about Haley, as he also pointed out that she appointed Scott in 2013, and yet the senator still endorsed Trump over her." | Negative | -92% Liberal |
| "I just love you," Scott replied.nn | Positive | 56% Conservative |
| In her home state of South Carolina, where the primary is on Saturday, Trump is ahead of Haley by 31 points.nn | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| In her home state of South Carolina, where the primary is on Saturday, Trump is ahead of Haley by 31 points.nn | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| According to the full interview shared to the program's YouTube account, and the official CBS News transcript, Scott went for a Biblical application as well.nn | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| For anyone watching on CBS News online, Scott's answer consisted of "well here--here's what I'd say. | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| Trump won a historic 176,384 votes at 54.4 percent, while Haley came in second with 43.2 percent of the vote. | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| Trump won a historic 176,384 votes at 54.4 percent, while Haley came in second with 43.2 percent of the vote. | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "nnThe "Face the Nation" X account went with sharing such a clip when it comes to Scott's remarks.nn | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| Scott's full response to Costa's question appears in the YouTube video below. | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| If there's one characteristic people know about Scott, it's likely that he's a Christian, and one who is often sharing relevant Scripture. | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| Scott, as Costa pointed out in the interview when asking about certifying election results, is in consideration to be Trump's running mate.nn | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| Scott, as Costa pointed out in the interview when asking about certifying election results, is in consideration to be Trump's running mate.nn | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| When it comes to another moment where Scott has sought to make things less ugly, he was invited to the podium for Trump's victory speech after he won the New Hampshire Republican Primary last month.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| When it comes to another moment where Scott has sought to make things less ugly, he was invited to the podium for Trump's victory speech after he won the New Hampshire Republican Primary last month.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| Right after he called Nalin Haley's remarks "unfortunate," Scott also went on to stress a point he really wanted to make. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| Once a primary opponent of former and potentially future President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has since endorsed the Republican frontrunner is now on the campaign trail as a top surrogate, especially when it comes to Trump looking to earn support from black voters. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Once a primary opponent of former and potentially future President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has since endorsed the Republican frontrunner is now on the campaign trail as a top surrogate, especially when it comes to Trump looking to earn support from black voters. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Once a primary opponent of former and potentially future President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has since endorsed the Republican frontrunner is now on the campaign trail as a top surrogate, especially when it comes to Trump looking to earn support from black voters. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "What's your response to Nalin Haley and to Nikki Haley, who has not really disavowed that comment, though she's kind of shushed her son from time to time," Costa asked.nn | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| So I get the name calling," Scott also offered, just before he added "but it's not about me, frankly..."nnIf CBS News was going to cut down any part of the interview, it would seem that the one part to not cut would be the point that Scott wished to emphasize most, as made clear by him framing it as "the one thing I will say to your viewers..."nnNot only does it censor Scott and hide the Bible, it also makes the primary race uglier than it needs to be. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| So I get the name calling," Scott also offered, just before he added "but it's not about me, frankly..."nnIf CBS News was going to cut down any part of the interview, it would seem that the one part to not cut would be the point that Scott wished to emphasize most, as made clear by him framing it as "the one thing I will say to your viewers..."nnNot only does it censor Scott and hide the Bible, it also makes the primary race uglier than it needs to be. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| So I get the name calling," Scott also offered, just before he added "but it's not about me, frankly..."nnIf CBS News was going to cut down any part of the interview, it would seem that the one part to not cut would be the point that Scott wished to emphasize most, as made clear by him framing it as "the one thing I will say to your viewers..."nnNot only does it censor Scott and hide the Bible, it also makes the primary race uglier than it needs to be. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| In reality, there was a significant chunk of Scott's response missing. | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| When it comes to the "devastating loss" that Scott spoke about, New Hampshire was seen as a state Haley could potentially win, though she still lost. | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| When it comes to the "devastating loss" that Scott spoke about, New Hampshire was seen as a state Haley could potentially win, though she still lost. | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| Host Robert Costa had asked Scott about how Nalin Haley, the adult son former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is still in the race, referred to the senator as "Judas" for endorsing Trump.nn | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| Host Robert Costa had asked Scott about how Nalin Haley, the adult son former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is still in the race, referred to the senator as "Judas" for endorsing Trump.nn | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| Host Robert Costa had asked Scott about how Nalin Haley, the adult son former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is still in the race, referred to the senator as "Judas" for endorsing Trump.nn | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| Trump told the senator "you must really hate her," speaking about Haley, as he also pointed out that she appointed Scott in 2013, and yet the senator still endorsed Trump over her. | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| Trump told the senator "you must really hate her," speaking about Haley, as he also pointed out that she appointed Scott in 2013, and yet the senator still endorsed Trump over her. | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| Trump told the senator "you must really hate her," speaking about Haley, as he also pointed out that she appointed Scott in 2013, and yet the senator still endorsed Trump over her. | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| Trump told the senator "you must really hate her," speaking about Haley, as he also pointed out that she appointed Scott in 2013, and yet the senator still endorsed Trump over her. | Negative | -80% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
63% : In her home state of South Carolina, where the primary is on Saturday, Trump is ahead of Haley by 31 points.57% : Trump won a historic 176,384 votes at 54.4 percent, while Haley came in second with 43.2 percent of the vote.
44% : Once a primary opponent of former and potentially future President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has since endorsed the Republican frontrunner is now on the campaign trail as a top surrogate, especially when it comes to Trump looking to earn support from black voters.
11% : Host Robert Costa had asked Scott about how Nalin Haley, the adult son former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is still in the race, referred to the senator as "Judas" for endorsing Trump.
4% : Trump told the senator "you must really hate her," speaking about Haley, as he also pointed out that she appointed Scott in 2013, and yet the senator still endorsed Trump over her.
*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.