USA Today Article RatingKentucky governor lost his friend in a mass shooting but has said little about guns. Why?
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-12% Somewhat Liberal
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38% 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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| "I survived a mass shooting: And found Americans aren't all that divided on gun safetyI'm a gun owner: I know I'm a sitting duck until commonsense gun laws are on the booksRidiculous Kentucky law: Louisville bank shooter's gun could return to the streets." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Cities and counties are barred by state law from enacting any sort of gun law, and a new law passed by the state prohibits local police from helping to enforce federal gun crimes." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In the days after two mass shootings in Louisville, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear seems to be, at best, making goo-goo eyes from across the dance floor." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "The city has set records for the number of homicides in two of the three years Beshear has been governor." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Even Teessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican in a very Republican state, came out in favor of red flag laws after three children and three staff members were killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear grieved the lives of four people who died after being shot at a Louisville bank, including one of his closest friends." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "When he won the governor's race in 2019, he did so because he beat Matt Bevin by 98,772 votes in Louisville." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Yet, it doesn't seem like Beshear has any desire to lead on the issue and hasn't even said the word gun." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Now, if he wasn't telling us the truth and he really isn't done with politics, there's a reason Beshear might not want to talk about guns." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
42% : I survived a mass shooting: And found Americans aren't all that divided on gun safetyI'm a gun owner: I know I'm a sitting duck until commonsense gun laws are on the booksRidiculous Kentucky law: Louisville bank shooter's gun could return to the streets.38% : Cities and counties are barred by state law from enacting any sort of gun law, and a new law passed by the state prohibits local police from helping to enforce federal gun crimes.
*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.