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NBC News Article Rating

James Comey is back in Trump's crosshairs. This time, it's different.

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -47% 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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Overall Sentiment

-4% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "It's political intimidation, and I'm looking forward to my day in court," McIver told reporters Tuesday in Washington.
29% : Days earlier, he sparked a firestorm on the right -- and a Secret Service investigation -- when he posted a photo on Instagram that Donald Trump and senior administration officials insist was a call for the assassination of the president.
28% : Trump loyalists -- like Habba, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel -- hold top law enforcement roles, and this administration has been even more aggressive in targeting political foes, as well as universities and law firms.
24% : Trump is the 47th president, and 86 can informally mean "to get rid of," according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
24% : " Last month, Justice Department and FBI officials opened a federal criminal investigation of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump last year, alleging she made false statements on a mortgage application.
21% : Trump "is surrounded by people willing to cater to his worst instincts," said Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University and the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in constitutional studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.
13% : " Trump fired Comey in 2017 amid the FBI's investigation into whether the 2016 Trump campaign coordinated with Russia.

*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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