MassLive Article RatingFeds investigating if Florida misused federal COVID money for migrant flights
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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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| "Answering their letter, Deputy Inspector General Richard Delmar said his office would investigate both the use of the money for immigration enforcement and whether Florida properly used interest generated by its COVID relief dollars." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "While the legislators acknowledge that federal COVID dollars had a broad range of possible uses, they said the money could not be directed toward immigration enforcement." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Michael Barfield, director of public access at the Florida Center for Government Accountability, told the Times the state of Florida was being deliberately opaque about the flights." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In a letter sent to Sen. Ed Markey and other members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, the Treasury Department said it was examining whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used money dolled out to the state under the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "In a letter sent to Sen. Ed Markey and other members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, the Treasury Department said it was examining whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used money dolled out to the state under the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "In a letter sent to the Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General last month, Markey and other lawmakers called the migrant flights a political stunt meant to score political points by exploiting vulnerable immigrants." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "We believe this program misuses federal COVID-19 relief funds and violates federal law, said the group, which also included Reps. Lori Trahan, Jake Auchincloss, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayaa Pressley and Will Keating." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "We believe this program misuses federal COVID-19 relief funds and violates federal law, said the group, which also included Reps. Lori Trahan, Jake Auchincloss, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayaa Pressley and Will Keating." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "We believe this program misuses federal COVID-19 relief funds and violates federal law, said the group, which also included Reps. Lori Trahan, Jake Auchincloss, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayaa Pressley and Will Keating." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "We believe this program misuses federal COVID-19 relief funds and violates federal law, said the group, which also included Reps. Lori Trahan, Jake Auchincloss, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayaa Pressley and Will Keating." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "We believe this program misuses federal COVID-19 relief funds and violates federal law, said the group, which also included Reps. Lori Trahan, Jake Auchincloss, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayaa Pressley and Will Keating." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "We believe this program misuses federal COVID-19 relief funds and violates federal law, said the group, which also included Reps. Lori Trahan, Jake Auchincloss, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Ayaa Pressley and Will Keating." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
53% :Answering their letter, Deputy Inspector General Richard Delmar said his office would investigate both the use of the money for immigration enforcement and whether Florida properly used interest generated by its COVID relief dollars.43% : While the legislators acknowledge that federal COVID dollars had a broad range of possible uses, they said the money could not be directed toward immigration enforcement.
38% : Michael Barfield, director of public access at the Florida Center for Government Accountability, told the Times the state of Florida was being "deliberately opaque" about the flights.
*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.