DeSantis Readies for the National Stage - The American Conservative

Feb 28, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    80% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    32% Moderately Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% 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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"At least, the governor seemed to bank on as much when he took the conversation a good step beyond mere wall-building: I think we all want an end to illegal immigration, but even our legal immigration system is not in the best interest of the American people."
Positive
26% Conservative
"The governor also rejected the idea that free trade fosters democracy: We are a country with an economy, not the other way around."
Positive
10% Conservative
"The Republican Party has been very good at saying cut taxes for corporations, he said."
Positive
4% Conservative
"One day before Ron DeSantis took the stage at the aual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), he spoke to what may be the most intimate crowd he'll address for a while -- a room of just under 1,000 Hillsdale College supporters and staff."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Rather than distance himself from the former president, DeSantis styled himself more as a Trump 2.0 -- everything Trump almost was."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Talking fast and hardly looking at his notes (guests I spoke with afterward said his speed made him sound intelligent), DeSantis spent his hour in front of a friendly audience drawing distinctions -- between conservatism and libertarianism, between himself and the broader GOP, and, most carefully, between himself and former president Donald Trump."
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-4% Liberal
"The unspoken questions in the room were palpable: What about 2024, and what about Trump?"
Negative
-12% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : At least, the governor seemed to bank on as much when he took the conversation a good step beyond mere wall-building: "I think we all want an end to illegal immigration, but even our legal immigration system is not in the best interest of the American people."
55% : The governor also rejected the idea that free trade fosters democracy: "We are a country with an economy, not the other way around."
52% :"The Republican Party has been very good at saying cut taxes for corporations," he said.

*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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