The Mercury News Article Rating- Bias Rating
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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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| "DeSantis justifies the acts by claiming that Massachusetts, California and other states incentivize illegal immigration." | Positive | 34% Conservative |
| "The best thing California can do is keep them fed and sheltered while the veracity of their legal claim to asylum is determined." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "California Attorney General Rob Bonta told the Bay Area News Group that he and Gov. Gavin Newsom interviewed some of the migrants with the help of an interpreter, and their responses suggested a basis for possible criminal charges against DeSantis." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Dumping 36 asylum seekers in Sacramento is a shameful political stuntWe already knew Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' social skills leave something to be desired." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
67% : DeSantis justifies the acts by claiming that Massachusetts, California and other states "incentivize illegal immigration."56% : The best thing California can do is keep them fed and sheltered while the veracity of their legal claim to asylum is determined.
*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.