Life Zette Article RatingMissouri Governor Pardons McCloskey's, The Armed Couple Who Defended Home From BLM Protesters
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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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| "Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) last year defended the St. Louis couple while marking the case as a major stand for Second Amendment rights." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "There is no question under Missouri law that the McCloskeys had the right to own and use their firearms to protect themselves from threatened violence, and that any criminal prosecution for these actions is legally unsound, Hawley wrote in a letter at the time." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Saint Louis couple who made news when they were photographed standing in front of their home with weapons aimed at Black Lives Matter protesters, have been pardoned by Missouri Governor Mike Parson." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
46% : Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) last year defended the St. Louis couple while marking the case as a major stand for Second Amendment rights.40% : "There is no question under Missouri law that the McCloskeys had the right to own and use their firearms to protect themselves from threatened violence, and that any criminal prosecution for these actions is legally unsound," Hawley wrote in a letter at the time.
39% : Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Saint Louis couple who made news when they were photographed standing in front of their home with weapons aimed at Black Lives Matter protesters, have been pardoned by Missouri Governor Mike Parson.
37% : The McCloskeys claimed that the protesters had threatened their family while chanting slogans for Black Lives Matter.
*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.