Justice Department Investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush Over Alleged Misuse of Campaign Funds - GV Wire - Explore. Explain. Expose

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% 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

Overall Sentiment

20% Positive

  •   Liberal
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"I'm going to make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my life and I have too much work to do, the former Black Lives Matter activist told CBS News in August 2021."
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2% Conservative
"As a result, she has spent a substantial amount of money on private security while she's on Capitol Hill and back home in her district in St. Louis.Federal prosecutors have been asking questions about Bush's security expenses, the threats she received and her decision to pay her now-husband Cortney Merritts with campaign funds to provide security, a person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press."
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-2% Liberal
"The Justice Department is investigating whether Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused campaign funds for her personal security, the progressive lawmaker confirmed in a statement Tuesday."
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-12% Liberal
"I look forward to this same outcome from all pending investigations, Bush said Tuesday."
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-18% Liberal
"Bush, a second-term lawmaker, denied any wrongdoing and said she is fully cooperating with federal prosecutors."
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-22% Liberal
"Related Story: House Ethics Committee Launches Investigation of Florida DemocratA spokesperson for Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that Bush is entitled to the presumption of iocence as the investigation moves forward."
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-22% Liberal
"Related Story: House Ethics Committee Launches Investigation of Florida DemocratA spokesperson for Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that Bush is entitled to the presumption of iocence as the investigation moves forward."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Punchbowl News first reported the news about the investigation into Bush."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"As a rank-and-file member of Congress I am not entitled to personal protection by the House, and instead have used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services, Bush said."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"The issue of how Bush has been funding her security is currently under investigation by the Federal Election Commission and the House Committee on Ethics."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Since being elected to the House in 2021, Bush, a Black woman with activist roots, has been the target of right-wing attacks."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The Office of Congressional Ethics unanimously determined in October to clear Bush of any wrongdoing in their investigation."
Negative
-44% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "I'm going to make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my life and I have too much work to do," the former Black Lives Matter activist told CBS News in August 2021.

*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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