Elise Stefanik redirects 'biased' NBC: 'I have concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages'

  • Bias Rating

    34% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    78% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    96% 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

Overall Sentiment

-11% Negative

  •   Conservative
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"That should be a nine to zero to allow President Trump to appear on the ballot because that's the American people's decision to make this November."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"So the real threat to our democracy is these baseless, witch hunt investigations and lawsuits against President Trump -- whether it's [New York Attorney General Letitia] James or whether we see in the D.C. circuit courts -- and that is undemocratic and it's shredding our Constitution."
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-40% Liberal
"That's why President Trump is wiing in poll after poll against Joe Biden."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"What we're seeing so far is that Democrats are so desperate they're trying to remove President Trump from the ballot."
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-48% Liberal
"In the same discussion, Welker had pressed Stefanik on whether or not she would commit to certifying the results of the 2024 presidential election to which she raised the leftist attacks against free and fair elections by attempting to remove Trump from the ballot in multiple states."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"If your last name is Clinton or it's Biden, you get to live by a different set of rules than if you're an everyday, patriotic American, she continued."
Positive
8% Conservative
"We have a role in Congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners and I believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government against, not just President Trump, but we're seeing it against conservatives, we're seeing it against Catholics, expanded Stefanik, and that's one of the reasons why I'm so proud to serve on the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Government because the American people want answers, they want transparency and they understand that as you look across this country there seems to be two sets of rules."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"We have a role in Congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners and I believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government against, not just President Trump, but we're seeing it against conservatives, we're seeing it against Catholics, expanded Stefanik, and that's one of the reasons why I'm so proud to serve on the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Government because the American people want answers, they want transparency and they understand that as you look across this country there seems to be two sets of rules."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Raising remarks where incarcerated Americans held without due process for actions on Jan. 6, 2021 were referred to as hostages by the president, Welker similarly questioned House Republican Conference Chairwoman, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik over her own past statements about the U.S. Capitol breach Sunday on Meet the Press, after the congresswoman had lambasted the host."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"What we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing of the Constitution -- not going through state legislatures when it comes to changing election law, Stefanik added."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"That should be a nine to zero to allow President Trump to appear on the ballot because that's the American people's decision to make this November."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Capitalizing on any opportunity to avoid discussion of the flailing economy, international turmoil and the disaster at the southern border, NBC News host Kristen Welker found a familiar groove challenging the language of former President Donald Trump."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"So the real threat to our democracy is these baseless, witch hunt investigations and lawsuits against President Trump -- whether it's [New York Attorney General Letitia] James or whether we see in the D.C. circuit courts -- and that is undemocratic and it's shredding our Constitution."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"That's why President Trump is wiing in poll after poll against Joe Biden."
Positive
8% Conservative
"That's why President Trump is wiing in poll after poll against Joe Biden."
Positive
8% Conservative
"What we're seeing so far is that Democrats are so desperate they're trying to remove President Trump from the ballot."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"In the same discussion, Welker had pressed Stefanik on whether or not she would commit to certifying the results of the 2024 presidential election to which she raised the leftist attacks against free and fair elections by attempting to remove Trump from the ballot in multiple states."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"In the same discussion, Welker had pressed Stefanik on whether or not she would commit to certifying the results of the 2024 presidential election to which she raised the leftist attacks against free and fair elections by attempting to remove Trump from the ballot in multiple states."
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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : That should be a nine to zero to allow President Trump to appear on the ballot because that's the American people's decision to make this November.
30% : "So the real threat to our democracy is these baseless, witch hunt investigations and lawsuits against President Trump -- whether it's [New York Attorney General Letitia] James or whether we see in the D.C. circuit courts -- and that is undemocratic and it's shredding our Constitution.
28% : That's why President Trump is winning in poll after poll against Joe Biden.
26% : "What we're seeing so far is that Democrats are so desperate they're trying to remove President Trump from the ballot.
22% : "In the same discussion, Welker had pressed Stefanik on whether or not she would commit to certifying the results of the 2024 presidential election to which she raised the leftist attacks against free and fair elections by attempting to remove Trump from the ballot in multiple states.

*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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