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CalMatters Article Rating

Congress debates two issues with big implications for California: EVs and taxes

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -19% 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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-16% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : When the cap was enacted, California tax authorities estimated that it would cost Californians another $12 billion a year.
44% : Another issue is whether a $10,000 cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes on federal tax returns, passed in 2017 during Trump's first stint as president, will remain in force, be repealed or be altered.
38% : "Trump Republicans are hellbent on making California smoggy again," Newsom said in a statement.
32% : While Trump apparently wants to keep the $10,000 cap, the possibility of raising it, perhaps to $30,000, is kicking around.
30% : " During his first presidency, Trump tried to cancel California's waiver but failed.

*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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