Fatalities reported as migrants cross US-Mexico border

Sep 03, 2022 View Original Article
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    -48% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -48% Medium Liberal

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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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"As many as 37 others have been rescued from the river near Eagle Pass of Texas, according to a statement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)."
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12% Conservative
"Latest government data show that in the Del Rio sector of the Border Patrol, which extends 395 km along the Rio Grande including Eagle Pass, US officials have discovered bodies of more than 200 migrants from October through July."
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-8% Liberal
"The Border Patrol has carried out 443 migrant rescues in the El Paso sector this fiscal year, with a toll of 63 fatalities, compared with the 688 rescues and 39 deaths in the region last year, said the report."
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-20% Liberal
"Many other fatalities are also attributed to extreme heat or cold, falls from hills or border walls, and motor vehicle accidents, said the KXAN report."
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-36% Liberal
"The speech, outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, was an official White House event about what aides called the continued battle for the soul of the nation -- a phrase Mr. Biden first used to describe the impetus for his candidacy when he launched his 2020 presidential campaign."
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6% Conservative
"And it is not abnormal -- it is actually normal -- for presidents from either side of the aisle to give speeches in front of members of the military, including President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush."
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6% Conservative
"But Mr. Biden's speech cast blame on members of a faction of one political party, who, he said, tried everything last time to nullify the votes of 81 million people, and this time, he added, they're determined to succeed in thwarting the will of the people."
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-12% Liberal
"White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday defended the White House's decision to position two U.S. Marines behind President Joe Biden in his Thursday night speech, in which he portrayed former President Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans as representative of an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic."
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6% Conservative
"White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday defended the White House's decision to position two U.S. Marines behind President Joe Biden in his Thursday night speech, in which he portrayed former President Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans as representative of an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic."
Positive
6% Conservative
"On Thursday night, Mr. Biden said MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution, do not believe in the rule of law and refused to acknowledge a free election."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"The president said Thursday that much of the rest of the GOP is intimidated by Trump and his followers."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"GOP Senator Marco Rubio, tweeting a still image from Mr. Biden's speech, offered this comment: Angry man smears half of the people of the country he is supposed to lead & promised to unite."
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-2% Liberal
"GOP Senator Marco Rubio, tweeting a still image from Mr. Biden's speech, offered this comment: Angry man smears half of the people of the country he is supposed to lead & promised to unite."
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-2% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : As many as 37 others have been rescued from the river near Eagle Pass of Texas, according to a statement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
46% : Latest government data show that in the Del Rio sector of the Border Patrol, which extends 395 km along the Rio Grande including Eagle Pass, US officials have discovered bodies of more than 200 migrants from October through July.
40% : The Border Patrol has carried out 443 migrant rescues in the El Paso sector this fiscal year, with a toll of 63 fatalities, compared with the 688 rescues and 39 deaths in the region last year, said the report.
32% : Many other fatalities are also attributed to extreme heat or cold, falls from hills or border walls, and motor vehicle accidents, said the KXAN report.

*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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