Washington Examiner Article RatingDebt ceiling: Yellen says default would cause 'widespread suffering'
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28% Medium Conservative
- Reliability
60% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
22% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
48% Negative
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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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| "That includes air traffic control and law enforcement, border security and national defense, and food safety and our telecommunications systems." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Defaulting out upend a fundamental principle in modern finance -- that the U.S. always pays the principal and interest on its bonds in full and on time, Yellen said." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Yellen, delivering remarks before Independent Community Bankers of America in Washington, D.C., spent a good portion of her speech focused not only on the need for lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling, but also the consequences of if a deal between President Joe Biden and Republicans isn't inked before the fast-approaching X-date -- that is, the point at which the Treausury caot pay all incoming bills on time and in full." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Republicans are hoping to use the looming deadline, which Yellen says could come as soon as June 1, as leverage to exact big concessions." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "But federal agencies would be unable to pay all of their bills, Yellen continued." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Millions of Americans that rely on federal government payments would go unpaid, ranging from 66 million Social Security beneficiaries to veterans, Yellen said." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "If that sounds catastrophic - that's because it is, Yellen said on Tuesday." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Yellen's warning comes the same day that Biden and congressional Republicans are scheduled to meet and discuss the debt ceiling." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on Tuesday that the United States defaulting on its debt would be catastrophic for the economy." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
61% : That includes air traffic control and law enforcement, border security and national defense, and food safety and our telecommunications systems.*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.