Full Jury and 6 Alternates Seated in Trump's Hush Money Trial

  • Bias Rating

    70% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    98% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    N/A

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

-6% Negative

  •   Conservative
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"The outsized media attention and public interest in the case isn't the only thing driving some would-be jurors to their breaking points, though."
Positive
0% Conservative
"I wouldn't want someone who feels like this to judge my case either."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"The completion of the jury selection process tees up the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president for opening statements and weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life emerging in the final days of the 2016 election."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true nature of such payments in internal business documents."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"One prospective juror said she had coections to not one but two people who've been in Trump's orbit: the former president's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Trump in 2020 but later ran against him."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office are looking to fine Trump over violating his gag order after disparaging witnesses in the case on social media."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Trump has said none of the alleged sexual encounters occurred."
Negative
-54% Liberal
"Trump says he did nothing wrong and has cast himself as the victim of a politically motivated justice system bent on keeping him out of the White House."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer, to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the final days of the 2016 race."
Negative
-70% Liberal
"Manhattan prosecutors have said they want to question Trump about his recent civil fraud trial that resulted in a $454 million judgment after a judge found Trump had lied about his wealth for years."
Negative
-84% Liberal
"The hush money case is the first of Trump's four indictments to reach trial."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Related Story: Jury Selection Could Be Nearing a Close in Donald Trump's Hush Money ..."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Judge Juan M. Merchan was expected to hold a hearing Friday to consider a request from prosecutors to bring up Donald Trump's prior legal entanglements if he takes the stand in the hush money case."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"The completion of the jury selection process tees up the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president for opening statements and weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life emerging in the final days of the 2016 election."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Over the past few days, more than a couple of prospective jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial have highlighted the stress and anxiety they have felt during the selection process."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Speaking to reporters inside the lower Manhattan courthouse, former President Donald Trump once again railed against his hush money trial, demanding Judge Juan M. Merchan lift a gag order limiting what he can say publicly about witnesses."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true nature of such payments in internal business documents."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"A jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated on Friday in former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"One prospective juror said she had coections to not one but two people who've been in Trump's orbit: the former president's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Trump in 2020 but later ran against him."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office are looking to fine Trump over violating his gag order after disparaging witnesses in the case on social media."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Trump has said none of the alleged sexual encounters occurred."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Trump says he did nothing wrong and has cast himself as the victim of a politically motivated justice system bent on keeping him out of the White House."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer, to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the final days of the 2016 race."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer, to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the final days of the 2016 race."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"Manhattan prosecutors have said they want to question Trump about his recent civil fraud trial that resulted in a $454 million judgment after a judge found Trump had lied about his wealth for years."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"Manhattan prosecutors have said they want to question Trump about his recent civil fraud trial that resulted in a $454 million judgment after a judge found Trump had lied about his wealth for years."
Negative
-56% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The outsized media attention and public interest in the case isn't the only thing driving some would-be jurors to their breaking points, though.
46% : I wouldn't want someone who feels like this to judge my case either.
43% : The completion of the jury selection process tees up the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president for opening statements and weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life emerging in the final days of the 2016 election.
33% : Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true nature of such payments in internal business documents.
29% : One prospective juror said she had connections to not one but two people who've been in Trump's orbit: the former president's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Trump in 2020 but later ran against him.
27% : Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office are looking to fine Trump over violating his gag order after disparaging witnesses in the case on social media.
23% : Trump has said none of the alleged sexual encounters occurred.
22% : Trump says he did nothing wrong and has cast himself as the victim of a politically motivated justice system bent on keeping him out of the White House.
15% : At the heart of the allegations is a $130,000 payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and personal fixer, to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the final days of the 2016 race.
8% : Manhattan prosecutors have said they want to question Trump about his recent civil fraud trial that resulted in a $454 million judgment after a judge found Trump had lied about his wealth for years.

*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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