Democrat and Chronicle Article Rating'Shocked and deeply saddened.' What we know now about Tops mass shooting in Buffalo
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46% Moderately Conservative
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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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| "We appreciate the quick response of local law enforcement and are providing all available resources to assist authorities in the ongoing investigation." | Positive | 32% Conservative |
| "Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011and has since become an ardent advocate for gun control." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Citing briefings with law enforcement officials, Higgins said the suspect carried an assault weapon inscribed with a racial epithet." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "I was on site for the last three hours, and I listened carefully to what the FBI, police, the district attorney and the U.S. attorney had to say, Higgins said." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "This is what all the anecdotal evidence adds up to, Higgins said." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Higgins acknowledged that authorities were reviewing the contents of a graphic manifesto in which the attacker referenced other racially motivated attackers, including Dyla Roof, an avowed white supremacist, who in 2015 killed nine people at a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "It was not immediately clear if the accused gunman had scouted the area before the attack, but Higgins said the grocery is located in a neighborhood that has been predominately African American for decades." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Rep. Brian Higgins, D-NY., a Buffalo native, said the evidence gathered so far points to an explicit act of racially motivated violence." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had directed the state's Hate Crime Task Force to begin an investigation." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "It's far too easy for people fueled by racist hate to access weapons of war and commit devastation on a massive scale, Giffords said." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011and has since become an ardent advocate for gun control." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Citing briefings with law enforcement officials, Higgins said the suspect carried an assault weapon inscribed with a racial epithet." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
66% : We appreciate the quick response of local law enforcement and are providing all available resources to assist authorities in the ongoing investigation."36% : Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011and has since become an ardent advocate for gun control.
30% : Citing briefings with law enforcement officials, Higgins said the suspect carried an assault weapon inscribed with a racial epithet.
*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.