
PolitiFact: Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate
- Bias Rating
-12% Somewhat Liberal
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- Policy Leaning
88% Very Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-25% Negative
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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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : And we have to do what's right to make sure law enforcement exists and it's healthy and it's safe54% : In an interview with CBS Miami, Crist said he supported the standard set by Roe v. Wade -- which allowed abortion until "viability," or when a fetus can survive outside the womb.
48% : DeSantis appears to be referring to a plan Crist supported to create a unit of social and mental health workers to respond to nonviolent calls made to the St. Petersburg police department.
45% : Crist, who was a Republican at the time, signed a budget from the Republican-led Legislature that raised taxes and fees by $2.2 billion to offset losses caused by the economic recession and housing crisis.
44% : Oil companies have been reluctant to invest up front in the additional facilities and supplies that could produce more oil, because doing so would be less profitable and more risky.
42% : The law, SB 50, required sellers with no physical presence in Florida to collect and remit taxes on items delivered to customers in the state.
32% : Crist said he supported abortion past fetal viability "in cases where the life or the health of the mother" is threatened.
31% : Crist also voted to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits using federal dollars for abortion.
30% : Some of the candidates' attacks on taxes, education, abortion and pandemic management needed a fact-check.
3% : Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxes Crist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough.
*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.