Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer Article RatingRamaswamy takes center stage, plus other key moments from 1st GOP debate
- Bias Rating
-50% Medium Liberal
- Reliability
55% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
42% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
N/A
Extremely
Liberal
Very
Liberal
Moderately
Liberal
Somewhat Liberal
Center
Somewhat Conservative
Moderately
Conservative
Very
Conservative
Extremely
Conservative
-100%
Liberal
100%
Conservative
Continue For Free
Create your free account to see the in-depth bias analytics and more.
Continue
Continue
By creating an account, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy, and subscribe to email updates. Already a member: Log inBias 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
N/A
- Conservative
| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "Even if people disagree with the criminal charges, Christie said, The conduct is beneath the office of the president of the United States.DIVIDE ON ABORTION" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "They already plan to make abortion a central issue in next fall's general election." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "President Trump, I believe, was the best president of the 21st century." | Positive | 38% Conservative |
| "Mike Pence stood for the constitution and he deserves not grudging credit but our thanks as Americans, Christie said." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "He asked me to put him over the Constitution, Pence said of the former president, and I chose the Constitution." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "I am going to fight for girls all day long because strong girls become strong women and strong women become strong leaders, Haley said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "You have no foreign policy experience and it shows, Haley told him, standing directly to his left." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Trump has almost made it a prerequisite for people vying for his party's nomination to claim that he won the 2020 election." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Only Ramaswamy declined to support Pence." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Though he's well behind Trump, Ramaswamy has crept up in recent polls, leading to his position next to DeSantis at center stage." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The candidates were asked whether Pence did the right thing by letting Congress certify President Joe Biden's election on Jan. 6, 2021." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The candidates were asked whether Pence did the right thing by letting Congress certify President Joe Biden's election on Jan. 6, 2021." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "At one point, Ramaswamy and Haley shouted over each other for more than 30 seconds when the conversation turned to foreign policy." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "I've answered this, Mike did his duty, I've got no beef with him, DeSantis said, contending that Democrats wanted the GOP to talk about Jan. 6 while pivoting to the future, saying the election has to be about Jan. 20, 2025 - the day the next president is sworn in." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Ramaswamy responded by asking Christie for a hug, referencing when Obama visited Christie's state following Hurricane Sandy." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But one stood out immediately - Haley - because she was the only woman there and the only person not in a dark suit and Republican-red tie." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Pence said that Haley's call to find consensus in the states is the opposite of leadership.It's not a states-only issue." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "It took more than an hour for moderators to ask about Trump's legal battles, a discussion previewed with a video of the Atlanta jail where he will surrender on charges Thursday." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Ramaswamy vowed to pardon Trump if given the chance." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "While an Associated Press poll earlier this month found that 7 out of 10 Americans think Biden legitimately won the election, 57" | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Trump, of course, decided to skip the GOP's opening presidential primary debate given his overwhelming lead in the polls." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "His critics - especially Trump - have hammered him for being awkward and wooden, and he had relatively few opportunities to dispel that impression." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Haley called on her opponents to be honest with voters that a federal law that imposes an abortion ban on all states would likely never get through the narrowly divided Congress." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Both Pence and Scott openly endorsed a national ban on abortions at 15 weeks at least." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "I've had enough of a guy who stands up here who sounds like ChatGPT, Christie said, adding that Ramaswamy's opening line about being a skiy guy with a hard-to-pronounce name reminded him of former President Barack Obama -- not a compliment on a Republican stage." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "That's after the moderators noted that Trump is facing more than 90 criminal counts in separate cases across four states." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "We need to stop demonizing this issue, Haley said." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Things started off quietly as the candidates beat up on Biden's economic policies." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Christie, a former U.S. attorney and frequent Trump antagonist, pushed back aggressively despite being drowned out at times by the audience's boos." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "But even when DeSantis successfully walked the tightrope that has defined his campaign - avoiding direct Trump criticism while making a case for why he'd do the job better - he was brought down to Earth." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Haley attacked Ramaswamy's argument that the U.S. shouldn't support Ukraine in its defense against Russia's invasion." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Haley quoted Margaret Thatcher about how women get things done while men talk, stressing the importance of educating girls and arguing that keeping transgender girls out of female sports was a woman's issue." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were aggressive when given the opportunity." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were aggressive when given the opportunity." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the Republican presidential nomination fight for much of the year." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the Republican presidential nomination fight for much of the year." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Instead, candidate after candidate praised Pence - who may end up a witness in one of the federal prosecutions against Trump - for rejecting the former president's pleas to halt Biden's certification as the victor on Jan. 6." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Instead, candidate after candidate praised Pence - who may end up a witness in one of the federal prosecutions against Trump - for rejecting the former president's pleas to halt Biden's certification as the victor on Jan. 6." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Instead, candidate after candidate praised Pence - who may end up a witness in one of the federal prosecutions against Trump - for rejecting the former president's pleas to halt Biden's certification as the victor on Jan. 6." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "That's a reflection of both Trump's repetition of his election lies and the way a conservative media world parrots those lies, or at least shies away from contradicting them." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Pence has been attacked by Trump repeatedly and pursued by hecklers still angry that he didn't try to keep Trump in office." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Pence has been attacked by Trump repeatedly and pursued by hecklers still angry that he didn't try to keep Trump in office." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Fox News recently paid $787 million to settle a libel suit from voting machine firm Dominion Systems over airing lies about the 2020 election, so it was especially striking to hear such robust statements on the network, including Pence's final statement about Trump." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Fox News recently paid $787 million to settle a libel suit from voting machine firm Dominion Systems over airing lies about the 2020 election, so it was especially striking to hear such robust statements on the network, including Pence's final statement about Trump." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
Bias Meter
Extremely
Liberal
Very
Liberal
Moderately
Liberal
Somewhat Liberal
Center
Somewhat Conservative
Moderately
Conservative
Very
Conservative
Extremely
Conservative
-100%
Liberal
100%
Conservative
Contributing sentiments towards policy:
46% : Even if people disagree with the criminal charges, Christie said, "The conduct is beneath the office of the president of the United States."DIVIDE ON ABORTION33% : They already plan to make abortion a central issue in next fall's general election.
*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.