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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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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "We have Border Patrol kids that go to this school." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Meanwhile, teams of Border Patrol agents raced to the school, including 10 to 15 members of a SWAT-like tactical and counter-terrorism unit, said Jason Owens, a top regional official with the Border Patrol." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "The attacker was killed by law enforcement." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Law enforcement officials said he acted alone." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Then-President Barack Obama, who had made gun control central to his administration's goals after the Newtown shooting, called Congress' failure to act a pretty shameful day for Washington." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
| "Abbott and both of Texas' U.S. senators were among elected Republican officials who were the scheduled speakers at a Friday leadership forum sponsored by the NRA's lobbying arm." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, and Patrick J. Toomey, a Pesylvania Republican, negotiated a bipartisan proposal to expand the nation's background check system." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Ramos had hinted on social media that an attack could be coming, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who said he had been briefed by state police." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Before heading to the school, Ramos shot his grandmother, Gutierrez said." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Biden asked." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "This story has been corrected to reflect that state Sen. Roland Gutierrez said the gunman shot his grandmother before going to the school; he did not say the gunman killed his grandmother." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing multiple children and a teacher and wounding others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "But President Joe Biden appeared ready for a fight, calling for new gun restrictions in an address to the nation hours after the attack." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Then-President Barack Obama, who had made gun control central to his administration's goals after the Newtown shooting, called Congress' failure to act a pretty shameful day for Washington." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : "We have Border Patrol kids that go to this school.54% : Meanwhile, teams of Border Patrol agents raced to the school, including 10 to 15 members of a SWAT-like tactical and counter-terrorism unit, said Jason Owens, a top regional official with the Border Patrol.
40% : The attacker was killed by law enforcement.
38% : Law enforcement officials said he acted alone.
14% : Then-President Barack Obama, who had made gun control central to his administration's goals after the Newtown shooting, called Congress' failure to act "a pretty shameful day for Washington."
*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.