Dueling narratives of Arizona protests ended with tear gas

Jun 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    36% Medium Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% 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.

Sentiments

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  •   Conservative
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"The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women's constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade."
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-2% Liberal
"Police fired tear gas at about 8:30 p.m. as dozens of people pressed up against the glass wall at the front of the Senate building, chanting and waving signs backing the right to abortion."
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-18% Liberal
"She pointed to Black Lives Matter and immigrant justice protests, and said she's not surprised to see it at an abortion rights protest."
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-26% Liberal
"I've never seen that ever.Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioDemocratic state Rep. Athena Salman of Tempe, however, said those gassed were peaceful."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Video taken from inside the Senate lobby by Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita showed the scene."
Positive
12% Conservative
"We're going into recess right now, OK? Fa aounced."
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-8% Liberal
"They were aggressively banging on the windows in a way that at any moment it could break, Ugenti-Rita said."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The protester incident forced Senate lawmakers to flee to the basement for about 20 minutes, said Democratic Sen. Martin Quezada."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Salman said in an interview Saturday that police in Arizona have a long history of using ueeded force against people exercising the First Amendment rights to protest and then blaming them for causing the trouble."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Anything related to human rights they're ultimately going to gas the crowd and then come up with cover stories justifying this excessive use of force, Salman said."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Republican Senate President Karen Fa issued a news release describing it as a thwarted insurrection, while protesters called it a violent overreaction by police who they said acted without warning or justification."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women's constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade.
41% : Police fired tear gas at about 8:30 p.m. as dozens of people pressed up against the glass wall at the front of the Senate building, chanting and waving signs backing the right to abortion.
37% : She pointed to Black Lives Matter and immigrant justice protests, and said she's not surprised to see it at an abortion rights protest.

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