'S.N.L.' Season Premiere Weighs in on Its Own Trump Sketch

Oct 02, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -52% Very Liberal

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  • Politician Portrayal

    82% Negative

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.

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"What about a fun impression, like Anthony Fauci or Lindsey Graham or Rudy Giuliani?Dismukes replied, Those were all Kate McKion."
Positive
2% Conservative
"He also said that when he learned his father was voting for Trump, I sat him down and I told him, hey, if you keep going down this path, I might have to pay for my own car insurance next year."
Positive
2% Conservative
"[His screen showed a photo of Vice President Kamala Harris.]Weekend Update Desk-Side Segment of the WeekProlific S.N.L. impressionists Johnson and Thompson joined forces for this bit about Mitch McCoell (Johnson), the Republican Senate minority leader, and Herschel Walker (Thompson), the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia."
Positive
2% Conservative
"[His screen showed a photo of Vice President Kamala Harris.]Weekend Update Desk-Side Segment of the WeekProlific S.N.L. impressionists Johnson and Thompson joined forces for this bit about Mitch McCoell (Johnson), the Republican Senate minority leader, and Herschel Walker (Thompson), the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Johnson, as McCoell, read from a list of policy proposals Thompson gave him that included Barbecue Tuesday; Let's get a daytime moon -- that way, no more rain; and Create a Department of Instagram Booty."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"For the sketch-within-a-sketch, James Austin Johnson reprised his recurring role as Trump and Chloe Fineman played an adviser encouraging him not to stay at Mar-a-Lago during Hurricane Ian."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Weekend Update Jokes of the WeekOver at the Weekend Update desk, the anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che riffed on a belligerent speech from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and a widely discussed gaffe by President Biden."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Teller and Dismukes mocked various (scripted) elements of the sketch, like an awkward entrance from new cast member Michael Longfellow and Heidi Gardner's impersonation of Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Jost also joked:At a White House event, President Biden asked if Representative Jackie Walorski was in the audience, asking, Where's Jackie?, apparently forgetting she died last month."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Jost also joked:At a White House event, President Biden asked if Representative Jackie Walorski was in the audience, asking, Where's Jackie?, apparently forgetting she died last month."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Jost also joked:At a White House event, President Biden asked if Representative Jackie Walorski was in the audience, asking, Where's Jackie?, apparently forgetting she died last month."
Positive
16% Conservative

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