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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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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "The indictment largely relies on Biden's false claim that he was not using illegal drugs when he applied to purchase the firearm." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "But that provided an opening for a firestorm of protest on Capitol Hill from Donald Trump's allies, who railed at the supposed sweetheart deal." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Trump and his supporters' unhinged animus in this cause is so great that the FBI set up a special task force to deal with the unprecedented number of threats against agents and prosecutors working on the Hunter Biden case." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The Justice Department had previously negotiated a plea agreement with Biden that included a gun charge following some five years of investigation by David Weiss, Trump's U.S. attorney for Delaware, whom President Joe Biden allowed to remain in office in a departure from standard procedure." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The Justice Department had previously negotiated a plea agreement with Biden that included a gun charge following some five years of investigation by David Weiss, Trump's U.S. attorney for Delaware, whom President Joe Biden allowed to remain in office in a departure from standard procedure." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The parties imprudently included provisions that gave a judge legitimate misgivings about whether she was being called on to participate in a determination that Biden would not be prosecuted on other charges, assuming an executive branch function in violation of the separation of powers." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The plea deal unraveled for unusual reasons having nothing to do with Biden." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "That will give radical Republicans in Congress the talking point they need to muddy the waters with respect to Trump's multiple criminal indictments." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "It has since become even more obvious that all the rancor over the deal was aimed at the president himself, whom extremists in Congress, whipped up by Trump, are spoiling to impeach." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The Republicans have nothing of substance to impeach Biden for, so they are straining to coect him to the sins of his son with ill-founded conjecture." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "But given that these arguments are relative long shots for Biden, it's likely he will have to go to trial on charges that are seldom brought in the middle of a presidential contest between his father and Trump." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "But given that these arguments are relative long shots for Biden, it's likely he will have to go to trial on charges that are seldom brought in the middle of a presidential contest between his father and Trump." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The indictment largely relies on Biden's false claim that he was not using illegal drugs when he applied to purchase the firearm." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "But that provided an opening for a firestorm of protest on Capitol Hill from Donald Trump's allies, who railed at the supposed sweetheart deal." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
25% : The indictment largely relies on Biden's false claim that he was not using illegal drugs when he applied to purchase the firearm.21% : But that provided an opening for a firestorm of protest on Capitol Hill from Donald Trump's allies, who railed at the supposed sweetheart deal.
*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.