ABC7 Chicago Article RatingFlint water indictments: Michigan Supreme Court throws out charges against former governor, 8 others
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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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| " The saga began in 2014 when Flint managers appointed by Snyder dropped out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River to save money while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was under construction." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| " The challenge was filed by lawyers for former health director Nick Lyon, but the decision also applies to Snyder and others who were indicted." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| " The water switch and its consequences have been investigated since 2016 when then-Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, appointed Todd Flood as special prosecutor." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| " Six others were also indicted on various charges: Snyder's longtime fixer, Rich Baird; former senior aide Jarrod Agen; former Flint managers Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley; former Flint public works chief Howard Croft; and Nancy Peeler, a state health department manager." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| " Schuette pledged to put people in prison, but the results were different: Seven people pleaded no contest to misdemeanors that were eventually scrubbed from their records." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| " Hammoud and Worthy turned to a one-judge grand jury in Genesee County to hear evidence in secret and get indictments against Snyder and others." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| " Snyder, a Republican, has long acknowledged that his administration failed in Flint, calling it a crisis born from a "breakdown in state government."" | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| " The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments under rarely used state laws." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| " Snyder's legal team described the court's opinion as "unequivocal and scathing."nn"These prosecutions of Governor Snyder and the other defendants were never about seeking justice for the citizens of Flint," Snyder's lawyers said." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| " Snyder's legal team described the court's opinion as "unequivocal and scathing."nn"These prosecutions of Governor Snyder and the other defendants were never about seeking justice for the citizens of Flint," Snyder's lawyers said." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| " Snyder's legal team described the court's opinion as "unequivocal and scathing."nn"These prosecutions of Governor Snyder and the other defendants were never about seeking justice for the citizens of Flint," Snyder's lawyers said." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
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% :*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.