Mitch McConnell Says He's Not Going Anywhere

  • Bias Rating

    -58% Very Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    58% 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

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"I was satisfied, Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) said afterward."
Positive
22% Conservative
"The doctor's note appeared to satisfy the vast majority of the Senate Republican Conference, which expressed support for McCoell this week."
Positive
18% Conservative
"I'm going to finish my term as leader and I'm going to finish my Senate term, McCoell said at a packed weekly press conference on Capitol Hill."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Earlier on Wednesday, McCoell addressed his GOP colleagues behind closed doors about his health, telling them his cognitive ability is not impaired."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"McCoell also told his colleagues he has only experienced freezing episodes twice."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"The senator said he was given a clean bill of health by doctors, according to Sen. John Keedy (R-La.)."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Brian Monahan, the attending physician, said in a note released by McCoell's office earlier this week there is no evidence the 81-year-old senator experienced a stroke or has a seizure disorder following his second freeze-up in Kentucky last week."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"When you get dehydrated, you don't have moments when your eyes look in the distance with a vacant look and you're sort of basically unconscious with your eyes open, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who is an ophthalmologist."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.) was defiant on Wednesday, brushing off calls for him to step down as leader of his conference after he froze in front of reporters last week."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"McCoell offered no new details about his health condition and declined to say exactly what had afflicted him."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Paul said he wasn't questioning whether McCoell is able to lead, but instead, the diagnosis itself: It has nothing to do with his fitness to serve and whether he's doing a good job or a bad job."
Negative
-22% Liberal

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