First Bus of Illegal Immigrants Arrives in D.C. From TX as Jen Psaki Forced to Backtrack on "Publicity Stunt" Remark

Apr 14, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    -62% Very Liberal

  • 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

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  •   Liberal
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"His own office admits that a migrant would need to voluntarily be transported, and he can't compel them to because, again, enforcement of our country's immigration laws lies with the federal government, not a state."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Due to the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border into the U.S., the state of Texas has found itself overwhelmed and Gov. Abbott is concerned this crisis will get significantly worse."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Now, Psaki has been forced to eat her own words, as Abbott follows through on his promise."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference on Wednesday, April 6, in response to the Biden Administration's decision to lift the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23."
Positive
2% Conservative
"In response to the Biden administration ending Title 42, Abbott aounced that Texas will be taking its own precedented actions this month."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"In response to the Biden administration ending Title 42, Abbott aounced that Texas will be taking its own precedented actions this month."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"However, it seems that Abbott, at least for now, has been successful in finding immigrants who have voluntarily agreed to go to D.C., showing that this is more than just a mere publicity stunt."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is the agency charged with transporting these illegal immigrants, and they reported that each bus has the capacity and supplies to transport up to 40 immigrants to D.C.In a press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Abbott's plans to send immigrants to Washington a publicity stunt."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"The first of these buses arrived in D.C. today, just one week after Abbott's aouncement, dropping off dozens of illegal immigrants just blocks away from the US Capitol."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Among a series of strategies covered at the press conference, the one that generated the most buzz was Abbott's aouncement that Texas will begin using charter buses to ship illegal immigrants to Washington D.C."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Due to the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border into the U.S., the state of Texas has found itself overwhelmed and Gov. Abbott is concerned this crisis will get significantly worse."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Gov. Abbott aounced his plans, saying,To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hoards of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington D.C."
Positive
30% Conservative
"Gov. Abbott aounced his plans, saying,To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hoards of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington D.C."
Positive
30% Conservative
"Gov. Abbott aounced his plans, saying,To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hoards of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington D.C."
Positive
30% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

33% : His own office admits that a migrant would need to voluntarily be transported, and he can't compel them to because, again, enforcement of our country's immigration laws lies with the federal government, not a state."
19% : Due to the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border into the U.S., the state of Texas has found itself overwhelmed and Gov. Abbott is concerned this crisis will get significantly worse.

*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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