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Oregon Democrats vote to fine absent senators amid longest walkout in Legislature's history

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Source NBC News bias rating
Published Jun 02, 2023
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*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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Reliability Score Analysis

The Reliability Score of the article is determined on a percentage score basis from 0 to 100%.

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  • Unique Sources as Poor for the lower number of different sources.
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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.

Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 10% Conservative:

  • 2 negative sentiments for Abortion

Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 60% Negative and bias score of -4% Liberal:

2 negative sentiments and 1 positive sentiment for Tim Knopp
2 negative sentiments for Rob Wagner
1 negative sentiment for Kate Lieber
1 negative sentiment for Tina Kotek

Policies:

Abortion

Politicians:

Tim Knopp
Rob Wagner
Kate Lieber
Tina Kotek

Sentiments

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10% Knopp has said Republicans will only return to the Senate on the last day of the legislative session, June 25, to pass the budget ..."
-6% The amount reflects lawmakersu2019 average daily pay, according to the office of Democratic Senate President Rob Wagner.u201cOregonians work for a living every day, and ..."
-6% The amount reflects lawmakersu2019 average daily pay, according to the office of Democratic Senate President Rob Wagner.u201cOregonians work for a living every day, and ..."
-6% Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that her talks to end the impasse have failed and that Knopp wants the bill on abortion and ..."
-6% Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that her talks to end the impasse have failed and that Knopp wants the bill on abortion and ..."
-10% But Democratic Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber, citing an article in the state constitution, requested that the Senate compel absent members to attend and ..."
-18% "Most Republican senators haven’t shown up for floor sessions since May 3, denying quorum and stalling hundreds of bills, including ones on abortion, gender-affirming ..."
-34% Republican Minority Leader Tim Knopp condemned the plan as retaliation."
-42% "Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that her talks to end the impasse have failed and that Knopp wants the bill on abortion and ..."

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Most Republican senators haven’t shown up for floor sessions since May 3, denying quorum and stalling hundreds of bills, including ones on abortion, gender-affirming care and gun control that have sparked fierce debate in the Legislature.
29% : Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that her talks to end the impasse have failed and that Knopp wants the bill on abortion and gender-affirming care to be “substantially amended or dead.”Kotek said negotiating on that measure, which has already passed the House, is not an option.

*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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