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Washington Post Article Rating

As Jan. 6 anniversary approaches, Washington prepares, remembers

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  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% 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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-18% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side," Trump said in the recorded video from the White House.
49% : " Vernon "Skip" Strobel II, a native Washingtonian, had the sign made for his brick home after Trump first took office in 2017.
47% : "I think the fact it's Trump coming back makes this anniversary a bit more difficult, but after seeing the reaction to his election was peaceful, I'm not fearful there will be people coming up here with pitchforks when the transfer of power happens," she said.
43% : Trump said last month that he will pardon those convicted of participating in the riot within minutes or hours of taking office.
32% : Secondly, he says the country itself is "possibly irreparably damaged" by electing Trump a second time.
31% : " For Sicknick, there is no question that Trump encouraged his supporters to go to the Capitol and did nothing to stop their assault until well after much of the damage had been done.
19% : Sicknick is outraged that Trump has said he will pardon those convicted for crimes on Jan. 6, including potentially the two men who attacked his brother.
10% : The Washington Post reported in 2022 that during the attack, Trump watched television, criticized Pence and made calls pushing lawmakers to overturn the election as his supporters ransacked the Capitol.
8% : That afternoon, the United States and much of the world watched in horror as the nation's seat of power was overwhelmed by a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters intent on overturning Joe Biden's election.

*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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