Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

May 27, 2022 View Original Article
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    -4% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    72% 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.

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"After the shootings, which together left 31 people dead, President Joe Biden renewed calls for stronger gun laws and questioned whether people as young as 18 should be allowed to purchase firearms."
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-36% Liberal
"After the shooting, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order underscoring the need for red flag interventions and said she would seek to bar people under 21 from buying some semi-automatic weapons in the state."
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4% Conservative
"In the past, Biden has called for baing assault weapons and expanding background checks."
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-30% Liberal
"After the shootings, which together left 31 people dead, President Joe Biden renewed calls for stronger gun laws and questioned whether people as young as 18 should be allowed to purchase firearms."
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-24% Liberal
"The idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is just wrong, Biden said hours after the shooting Tuesday."
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-38% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

32% : After the shootings, which together left 31 people dead, President Joe Biden renewed calls for stronger gun laws and questioned whether people as young as 18 should be allowed to purchase firearms.

*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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