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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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| "Imagine a country so clueless that its population ranks illegal immigration as a more serious concern than the biggest issue of our or any time - the climate catastrophe." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Imagine a nation so reactionary and racist that Black Lives Matter is considered a radical slogan inside its borders." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Trump is on notice regarding how the FEC interprets these laws," he said. | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| Trump has incentives to sidestep those rules. | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| Both Trump and AFPI have been using the lawsuit to attract donations. | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| Of course, in true Trump fashion, the former reality TV host didn't say what his decision was. | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| And on Sunday, Trump said he has decided.nn | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| For Trump, the question carries consequences for his overall fundraising potential, as well as his work with the dark-money nonprofit backing his social media class-action lawsuit.nn | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Trump -- if you believe what he's saying -- has already decided," Libowitz said. | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| Trump also made this pitch on Fox Business, directing viewers who want to join the lawsuit to the same website.nn | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| Even before Trump is an actual candidate, his games over running could run afoul of election laws, experts say.nn | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| While Trump is notorious for playing games about the true intentions of his remarks, he's previously said he's already made up his mind. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The potential violations will get really serious if Trump uses an unlimited-money vehicle to promote a 2024 run," Ryan said. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| The thing is, experts told The Daily Beast, in his quest to avoid violating election laws, Trump may have done just that.nn | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| And then there's Trump's legal considerations. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| That choice would not by itself force any changes, experts said, because Trump, who converted his campaign committee to the Make | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| Trump has regularly been hitting supporters up for cash since he left office.nn | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| When the head of AFPI joined Trump at the lectern for the press conference, she directed supporters to a website where they could "join the lawsuit. | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| In his latest round of will-he-or-won't-he, Donald Trump on Sunday got closer than ever to indicating he will run for president again, telling Fox Business he's already made up his mind but can't reveal his answer because of campaign finance issues.nn | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| Jordan Libowitz, communications director for ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told The Daily Beast that if Trump does announce his candidacy in the future, the reporting rules would apply retroactively -- starting now.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Weiner said a Trump candidacy would impose "significant limitations" on the nonprofit's work.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| The "campaign financing" concerns would only appear to be a concern if Trump were to change that status.nn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| Kappel pointed to another requirement Trump would almost certainly not want to trigger: the requirement to file annual financial disclosures.nn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| Daniel Weiner, deputy director of election reform at the Brennan Center at NYU, told The Daily Beast the exemption is not a "free pass" for Trump.nn | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| Even if an unambiguous admission were the standard, Weiner noted, Trump's specific comments on Sunday about "campaign financing" concerns and endorsements make it difficult to see more than one possibility.nn | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Once again, Trump has either received bad legal advice or failed to comprehend legal advice," he said. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| It's unclear how a decision not to run would raise "campaign financing" concerns for Trump. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| Kappel said that, even if Trump has indicated a decision to run, the agency has been "extremely reluctant" to rule on the issue without "clear and unambiguous evidence."nn | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| Candidate status could also throw a wrench into Trump's class-action lawsuit against social media companies, which he announced in a press conference last Wednesday. | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| As dangerously close as Trump may be to skirting the law, he may be saved by a deadlocked FEC.nn | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| Brett Kappel, election law expert at Harmon Curran, explained that the Trump campaign would not be able to raise as much money from individual donors as his PACs can.nn | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| Paul Ryan, vice president of policy and litigation at campaign finance reform group Common Cause, told The Daily Beast that Trump may be keenly concerned about the issue if he has plans to supercharge one of his existing PACs.nn | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Any Trump violations would arguably be knowing and willful, subjecting him to potential criminal prosecution."nn | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| But Ryan, of Common Cause, pointed to a unanimous 2019 FEC decision which found reason to believe Trump's 2016 opponent, then-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, violated these rules.nn | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| But Ryan, of Common Cause, pointed to a unanimous 2019 FEC decision which found reason to believe Trump's 2016 opponent, then-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, violated these rules.nn | Negative | -64% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
64% : Imagine a country so clueless that its population ranks "illegal immigration" as a more serious concern than the biggest issue of our or any time - the climate catastrophe.45% : Imagine a nation so reactionary and racist that "Black Lives Matter" is considered a "radical slogan" inside its borders.
*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.