'Invasion' Language Continues After El Paso Walmart Shooting - GV Wire - Explore. Explain. Expose

  • Bias Rating

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    78% 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

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"Gonzalez, who has been credited with saving lives in the Walmart, believes the death penalty would send a message."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The expected guilty plea would amount to the first conviction in a case that has dragged on more than three years, and Crusius could still face the death penalty over separate state charges."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"But she is angry federal prosecutors won't seek the death penalty over a racist attack that, according to investigators, was preceded by the shooter posting an online screed that warned of a Hispanic invasion of Texas."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The issue flared again Tuesday during a hearing on border security in the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, where Democrats accused the other side of faing rhetoric against migrants."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Abbott told CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview last month."
Positive
14% Conservative
"For my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who want to state that we're using this hearing for white nationalism, I'm not doing that, said Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, who is Black."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"But Abbott has more recently embraced using the word invasion while authorizing a series of hardline immigration measures, including a letter to state police and the Texas National Guard in November with the subject line Defend Texas Against Invasion."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Abbott's office did not return a request seeking comment Tuesday."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat whose district includes South Texas, said the language needs to stop."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Republican Gov. Greg Abbott was criticized for a fundraising mailer dated the day before the attack calling on his supporters to defend Texas from immigrants entering the country illegally."
Negative
-38% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Gonzalez, who has been credited with saving lives in the Walmart, believes the death penalty would send a message.
41% : The expected guilty plea would amount to the first conviction in a case that has dragged on more than three years, and Crusius could still face the death penalty over separate state charges.
39% : But she is angry federal prosecutors won't seek the death penalty over a racist attack that, according to investigators, was preceded by the shooter posting an online screed that warned of a "Hispanic invasion" of Texas.
34% : The issue flared again Tuesday during a hearing on border security in the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, where Democrats accused the other side of fanning rhetoric against migrants.

*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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