FBI Identifies Hostage-Taker From Texas Synagogue Standoff As British National

Jan 16, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -36% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    40% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% 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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"I am thankful and filled with appreciation for all of the vigils and prayers and love and support, all of the law enforcement and first responders who cared for us, all of the security training that helped save us, he posted on Facebook."
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26% Conservative
"The president also thanked law enforcement for their work on making sure Saturday's hostages were safely released."
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20% Conservative
"One of the hostages was initially released, and three others got out after law enforcement stormed the building."
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-2% Liberal
"While media has reported that the three other hostages were rescued by law enforcement, Akram's brother claims Akram released them himself through the building's fire exit."
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-4% Liberal
"This was an act of terror, President Joe Biden told reporters on Sunday while in Philadelphia."
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-4% Liberal
"While DeSarno said Saturday that Akram was singularly focused on one issue, and it was not specifically related to the Jewish community, Biden maintained that he told Attorney General Merrick Garland to make sure we got the word out to synagogues and places of worship that we're not going to tolerate this, that we have the capacity to deal with the assaults on -- particularly the anti-Semitism that has grown up."
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-16% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "I am thankful and filled with appreciation for all of the vigils and prayers and love and support, all of the law enforcement and first responders who cared for us, all of the security training that helped save us," he posted on Facebook.
60% : The president also thanked law enforcement for their work on making sure Saturday's hostages were safely released.
49% : One of the hostages was initially released, and three others got out after law enforcement stormed the building.
48% : While media has reported that the three other hostages were rescued by law enforcement, Akram's brother claims Akram released them himself through the building's fire exit.

*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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