Opinion | Even Bill Cosby Deserves Due Process

Jul 01, 2021 View Original Article
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    -24% Somewhat Liberal

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    -24% Somewhat Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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"By removing the possibility of a criminal prosecution, Mr. Castor was making it impossible for Mr. Cosby to avoid answering questions at a deposition by invoking his right against self-incrimination."
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-24% Liberal
"Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), who has been pushing for a big, broad infrastructure package, agrees."
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28% Conservative
"I'm perfectly fine with borrowing money to make investments in bridges that are going to last 100 years, House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) told reporters Tuesday."
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6% Conservative
"The House Transportation Committee's top Republican, Sam Graves of Missouri, also favors a switch to VMT -- and wants to see the user-pays system preserved."
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2% Conservative
"Most notable is Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), who after years of relentless advocacy for a tax hike declared it's time to abolish the gasoline levy altogether."
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-8% Liberal
"The following year, then-President Bill Clinton and the then-Democratic Congress hiked the tax by 4.3 cents a gallon in their deficit-reduction plan, helping fuel a revolt by voters that swept Republicans into command of the Capitol in the 1994 midterms."
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-26% Liberal
"And the huge infrastructure packages emerging from Congress and the Biden White House are poised to strangle it."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"President Joe Biden has dismissed it, too, saying he wouldn't support any tax or fee that hits Americans making less than $400,000 a year."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"Every subsequent president, including Barack Obama and Donald Trump, rejected the idea of increasing the tax again."
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6% Conservative
"Every subsequent president, including Barack Obama and Donald Trump, rejected the idea of increasing the tax again."
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6% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : By removing the possibility of a criminal prosecution, Mr. Castor was making it impossible for Mr. Cosby to avoid answering questions at a deposition by invoking his right against self-incrimination.

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