WTOP Article RatingCNN: Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for Griner, Whelan | WTOP News
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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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| "However, Justice officials eventually accepted that a Bout trade has the support of top officials at the State Department and White House, including Biden himself, sources say." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Biden recently spoke by phone with Griner's wife, Cherelle, and Whelan's sister, Elizabeth." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "These sources told CNN that the plan to trade Bout for Whelan and Griner received the backing of President Joe Biden after being under discussion since earlier this year." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Among senior Biden administration officials, the idea of prisoner swaps gained new momentum earlier this year after the successful release of Trevor Reed, a former Marine who was held captive in Russia for more than two years." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Biden's support for the swap overrides opposition from the Department of Justice, which is generally against prisoner trades." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Secretary of State Antony Blinken aounced Wednesday that the US presented a substantial proposal to Moscow weeks ago for Whelan and Griner, who are classified as wrongfully detained." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving..." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, according to people briefed on the matter." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Biden officials had been concerned the decision to swap Reed for Yaroshenko would be criticized by Republicans." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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% :*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.