Gov. Abbott can do better than his border letter to President Biden

Jan 10, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    92% 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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  •   Conservative
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"What Texas needs is a serious meeting about border security at the highest levels without making it a political and press event."
Positive
8% Conservative
"For instance, Abbott called on Biden to stop sandbagging the implementation of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy used to expel migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum because of public health concerns."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"The letter, which Abbott handed to Biden in front of news cameras, felt more like the president was being served a warrant than being greeted in good faith by the governor of our state."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"The letter, which Abbott handed to Biden in front of news cameras, felt more like the president was being served a warrant than being greeted in good faith by the governor of our state."
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-2% Liberal
"As far as political theater goes, no one was expecting a buddy movie when Gov. Greg Abbott met President Joe Biden at the tarmac for the Democrat's high-stakes border visit Sunday."
Positive
0% Conservative
"As far as political theater goes, no one was expecting a buddy movie when Gov. Greg Abbott met President Joe Biden at the tarmac for the Democrat's high-stakes border visit Sunday."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Biden's visit was long overdue, as his own fellow Democrats have said."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Abbott has spent the last two years antagonizing the Biden administration, which makes it unlikely that Texas will improve its cooperation with the White House."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Abbott has spent the last two years antagonizing the Biden administration, which makes it unlikely that Texas will improve its cooperation with the White House."
Positive
4% Conservative
"We have supported Abbott's calls for better border enforcement because he's right about the chaos that border communities have experienced from the nonstop arrival of thousands of migrants every day."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"All of this is happening because you have violated your constitutional obligation to defend the States against invasion through faithful execution of federal laws, Abbott wrote."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Even some immigrant advocates who oppose Abbott agree with him that the border crisis shouldn't be solely the problem of border states like Texas."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Unsurprisingly, Abbott was not invited to attend the president's El Paso tour."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Yet it's sad and telling that a hostile letter that Abbott delivered to Biden after shaking hands is seemingly the bulk of their communication during the Texas visit."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Yet it's sad and telling that a hostile letter that Abbott delivered to Biden after shaking hands is seemingly the bulk of their communication during the Texas visit."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Abbott's letter included fair criticisms of the Biden administration, but the tone and delivery make its contents unhelpful."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Abbott's letter included fair criticisms of the Biden administration, but the tone and delivery make its contents unhelpful."
Positive
4% Conservative
"For instance, Abbott called on Biden to stop sandbagging the implementation of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy used to expel migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum because of public health concerns."
Positive
2% Conservative
"For instance, Abbott called on Biden to stop sandbagging the implementation of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy used to expel migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum because of public health concerns."
Positive
2% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : What Texas needs is a serious meeting about border security at the highest levels without making it a political and press event.
22% : For instance, Abbott called on Biden to "stop sandbagging" the implementation of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy used to expel migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum because of public health concerns.

*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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