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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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| "If the death penalty is such a wonderful thing, then why would any of that be necessary?" | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "The only reason we have the death penalty in a world where wrongful convictions exist is because it makes people feel good." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The death penalty is going to stay the law here for a while, Harpootlian said." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "According to officials, the death chamber now also includes a metal chair, with restraints, in the corner of the room in which inmates will sit if they choose execution by firing squad." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "If the death penalty were an unequivocal moral good, there would be no problem with one person walking up to a prisoner and just shooting them in the head -- which, arguably, might be the more humane option." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Other states, desperate to continue this brutality, have turned to other methods of execution." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Firing squads, by their very nature, are an admission that the death penalty is wrong." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In 2011, the European Union took a stand against the death penalty in the United States by baing pharmaceutical companies from importing several drugs meant to be used for lethal injections." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "It's with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we aounce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be with the state and people that he loved, a statement from Young's office said." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "It's with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we aounce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be with the state and people that he loved, a statement from Young's office said." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "Don's legacy lives on in the infrastructure projects he delighted in steering across Alaska." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Biden, in his tribute, said that there was no doubt that few legislators have left a greater mark on their state and sent his prayers to Young's family as well as the people of Alaska." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Biden, in his tribute, said that there was no doubt that few legislators have left a greater mark on their state and sent his prayers to Young's family as well as the people of Alaska." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "I knew Don Young for a long time." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "A consensus builder, Biden said in a statement." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "DON YOUNG, ALASKA REPUBLICAN, DEAD AT 88He was larger than life, but always focused on Alaskans' everyday lives." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "President Biden on Saturday honored the late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who died Friday - with Biden describing the lawmaker as a consensus builder whose legacy will continue in the America he loved." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "President Biden on Saturday honored the late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who died Friday - with Biden describing the lawmaker as a consensus builder whose legacy will continue in the America he loved." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "President Biden on Saturday honored the late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who died Friday - with Biden describing the lawmaker as a consensus builder whose legacy will continue in the America he loved." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Young also pulled a knife and held it against the throat of former Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, before Boehner became speaker." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Young also pulled a knife and held it against the throat of former Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, before Boehner became speaker." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Young also pulled a knife and held it against the throat of former Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, before Boehner became speaker." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
63% : If the death penalty is such a wonderful thing, then why would any of that be necessary?50% : The only reason we have the death penalty in a world where wrongful convictions exist is because it makes people feel good.
47% : "The death penalty is going to stay the law here for a while," Harpootlian said.
47% : According to officials, the death chamber now also includes a metal chair, with restraints, in the corner of the room in which inmates will sit if they choose execution by firing squad.
45% : If the death penalty were an unequivocal moral good, there would be no problem with one person walking up to a prisoner and just shooting them in the head -- which, arguably, might be the more "humane" option.
41% :Other states, desperate to continue this brutality, have turned to other methods of execution.
38% : Firing squads, by their very nature, are an admission that the death penalty is wrong.
29% : In 2011, the European Union took a stand against the death penalty in the United States by banning pharmaceutical companies from importing several drugs meant to be used for lethal injections.
*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.