It's official - Minnesota Becomes 23rd State to Legalize Cannabis

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% Positive

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.

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"Under the new law, caabis will be legal by Aug. 1 to possess, use and grow marijuana at home."
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12% Conservative
"Among them was one of the first governors in the U.S. to openly support marijuana legalization."
Positive
8% Conservative
"This has been a long journey with a lot of folks involved, Walz said."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Surrounded by dozens of cheering people in green clothes, Miesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making Miesota the 23rd state to legalize the substance for adults."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Former Gov. Ventura said in November that Walz had called him up the day after his reelection and said he expected a new legalization bill to pass."
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-2% Liberal
"Ventura, an independent who doesn't usually make endorsements, backed Walz over Republican Scott Jensen, and said legalization was one of the many reasons why."
Negative
-8% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Under the new law, cannabis will be legal by Aug. 1 to possess, use and grow marijuana at home.
54% : Among them was one of the first governors in the U.S. to openly support marijuana legalization.

*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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