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California latest target in Department of Justice efforts to end public benefits fraud

  • Bias Rating

    -44% Medium Left

  • Reliability

    25% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -12% Somewhat Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -68% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In Missouri, meanwhile, Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe on Thursday announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. Department of Justice to "aggressively identify, investigate and prosecute fraud" in Medicaid, SNAP and other federally funded benefits administered by the state.
36% : At least six of those charged were doctors -- including one who is accused of performing unnecessary and invasive surgeries to bill Medicaid for over $130 million.
15% : " Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back on social media, pointing out that the majority of the fraud targeted in Thursday's raid was for federal or private insurance.

*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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