Snopes Article RatingHow Unprecedented Is Tennessee House's Expulsion of Justin Jones, Justin Pearson?
- Bias Rating
36% Medium Conservative
- Reliability
85% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
24% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
64% Negative
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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 three Representatives, dubbed the Teessee Three in media reports, had participated in a protest in the chamber of the House against inaction on gun control after mass killings at The Covenant School in Nashville, as reported by the Washington Post." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Johnson, who is White, responded: It might have to do with the color of our skin." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "The targets: Democratic Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville, and Justin Pearson of Memphis." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "According to the Post:During the [gun control] protests, Jones, Johnson and Pearson walked to the front of the chamber to join in the chants that reverberated from the gallery." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "After the vote that allowed Johnson to remain in the House, reporters asked why she thought she was spared." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "There were protesters of all ages -- including children from strollers to high school, according to Johnson -- padding the gallery, filling the rotunda and overflowing outside the building." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Republicans did not have enough votes to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson (D), a former teacher from Knoxville who lost a student to gun violence." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
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38% : The three Representatives, dubbed the Tennessee Three in media reports, had participated in a protest in the chamber of the House against inaction on gun control after mass killings at The Covenant School in Nashville, as reported by the Washington Post.*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.