Newsom Declines Parole for RFK Killer

Jan 14, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    64% Very Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

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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.

Sentiments

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"Two of Keedy's sons argued in favor of releasing Sirhan, but other Keedy family members and members of law enforcement argued otherwise."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"Sirhan, a Palestinian Christian with Jordanian citizenship, admitted at the time of shooting that he did it because of Keedy's vocal support for Israel."
Positive
14% Conservative
"In the past, terrorists took hostages -- and ultimately killed some of them -- in Sirhan's name, Newsom wrote."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Newsom concluded, however, that Sirhan has not developed the accountability and insight required to support his safe release into the community."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Newsom concluded with a quote from Keedy that stated: Surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again and urged Sirhan to start taking Keedy's words to heart."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Newsom concluded with a quote from Keedy that stated: Surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again and urged Sirhan to start taking Keedy's words to heart."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Newsom concluded with a quote from Keedy that stated: Surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again and urged Sirhan to start taking Keedy's words to heart."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Angela Berry, Sirhan's attorney, told the New York Post that Newsom's decision will be appealed to a judge and that they fully expect it to be overturned."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Incredibly, in the 1990s, Sirhan began dodging responsibility, Newsom wrote."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"In 2016, Sirhan said he believed he did not kill Keedy based on what he had read in his attorney's legal briefs."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"He cited Sirhan's shifting narrative about his assassination of Keedy, and his current refusal to accept responsibility for it."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Newsom noted that Sirhan recorded himself saying that Keedy must be assassinated and that he admitted to committing the assassination at the time."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Newsom noted that Sirhan recorded himself saying that Keedy must be assassinated and that he admitted to committing the assassination at the time."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Two of Keedy's sons argued in favor of releasing Sirhan, but other Keedy family members and members of law enforcement argued otherwise."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Two of Keedy's sons argued in favor of releasing Sirhan, but other Keedy family members and members of law enforcement argued otherwise."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, aounced in a January 13 Los Angeles Times op-ed that he will not be granting parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the killer of Robert F. Keedy,"
Negative
-70% Liberal
"California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, aounced in a January 13 Los Angeles Times op-ed that he will not be granting parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the killer of Robert F. Keedy,"
Negative
-70% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

25% : Two of Kennedy's sons argued in favor of releasing Sirhan, but other Kennedy family members and members of law enforcement argued otherwise.

*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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