"Next mass killer": Club Q suspect's 2021 arrest foretold Colorado Springs bloodbath

  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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"He let me go, the law enforcement documents quote her as saying."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Such a troubling case -- dropped or not -- could still have been used to trigger Colorado's red flag 2019 law, which went into effect in 2020 and allows family members or law enforcement to ask a judge to order a removal of guns for a year from people dangerous to themselves or others, with possible extensions based on subsequent hearings."
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0% Conservative
"Criminal defense lawyers with whom AP shared the law enforcement documents say they questioned why charges were not pursued in the 2021 incident given the grandparents' detailed statements, a tense standoff at the mother's home and a subsequent house search that found bomb-making materials that Aldrich claimed had enough firepower to blow up an entire police department and a federal building."
Negative
-16% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "He let me go," the law enforcement documents quote her as saying.
50% : Such a troubling case -- dropped or not -- could still have been used to trigger Colorado's "red flag" 2019 law, which went into effect in 2020 and allows family members or law enforcement to ask a judge to order a removal of guns for a year from people dangerous to themselves or others, with possible extensions based on subsequent hearings.
42% :Criminal defense lawyers with whom AP shared the law enforcement documents say they questioned why charges were not pursued in the 2021 incident given the grandparents' detailed statements, a tense standoff at the mother's home and a subsequent house search that found bomb-making materials that Aldrich claimed had enough firepower to blow up an entire police department and a federal building.

*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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