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NBC Bay Area Article Rating

Jimmy Kimmel clarifies he didn't mean to make light of Charlie Kirk's killing in late-night return

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    45% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    96% Very Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -66% 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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-22% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "I have no illusions about changing anyone's mind, but I do want to make something clear, because it's important to me as a human and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man," Kimmel said, his voice breaking.
37% : Trump sued ABC and CBS over news coverage, which the companies settled.
35% : " Kimmel added: "Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what ... was obviously a deeply disturbed individual.
28% : " Trump's administration has used threats, lawsuits and federal government pressure to try to exert more control over the media industry.
24% : Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and successfully urged Congress to strip federal funding from NPR and PBS.
15% : " He mocked Trump for criticizing him for bad ratings.
12% : Trump had hailed Kimmel's suspension and criticized his return, writing on his Truth Social platform: "I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back ...

*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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