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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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| "But picking people for jobs to make an organization look more like America is a form of affirmative action." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "It's affirmative action, regardless." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Picking someone not as qualified because of her race is affirmative action, but so is refusing even to consider the qualifications of candidates of certain races and a certain gender." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "And when, as in Biden's case, people of certain races are excluded from even being considered for the job, the affirmative action is a particularly egregious form of race discrimination." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "It's true that rejecting a white or Asian candidate in favor of a less qualified black candidate to atone for past wrongs is a form of affirmative action." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The motive for favoring someone due to race -- be it atoning for past wrongs, making a workforce look like America, or something else -- has no bearing on whether the favoritism is affirmative action." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "For example, Graham insists that setting aside a Supreme Court slot for a black female is not affirmative action." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "I'm not sure what Graham means by his statement that affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Sen. Lindsey Graham has long believed that a president's judicial nominees should receive great deference from the Senate." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "And when, as in Biden's case, people of certain races are excluded from even being considered for the job, the affirmative action is a particularly egregious form of race discrimination." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Graham's view on the matter used to be shared by the vast majority of Senators." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "He likes to preen and pontificate, and that's what he's doing now regarding the impending nomination by Joe Biden of a black female Supreme Court Justice." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Graham is indulging in home state boosterism." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "He probably figures Biden's black female nominee will be confirmed, and the spot might as well go to a South Carolinian." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "As an Asian-American, his nomination would be historic, but that's not the history Biden wants to make." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Lindsey Graham has never been a minimalist, though." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Graham made his comment in the course of touting a black South Carolina judge -- J. Michelle Childs -- who reportedly is under consideration for the Supreme Court." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "That's what Biden has decided to do." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "But Graham doesn't see it that way." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "For example, Graham insists that setting aside a Supreme Court slot for a black female is not affirmative action." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "I'm not sure what Graham means by his statement that affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
61% : But picking people for jobs to make an organization "look more like America" is a form of affirmative action.61% : It's affirmative action, regardless.
55% : "Picking someone not as qualified" because of her race is affirmative action, but so is refusing even to consider the qualifications of candidates of certain races and a certain gender.
52% : And when, as in Biden's case, people of certain races are excluded from even being considered for the job, the affirmative action is a particularly egregious form of race discrimination.
48% : " It's true that rejecting a white or Asian candidate in favor of a less qualified black candidate to atone for "past wrongs" is a form of affirmative action.
47% : The motive for favoring someone due to race -- be it atoning for past wrongs, making a workforce "look like America," or something else -- has no bearing on whether the favoritism is affirmative action.
38% : Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs.
31% : For example, Graham insists that setting aside a Supreme Court slot for a black female is not affirmative action.
26% : I'm not sure what Graham means by his statement that "affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs.
*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.