Supreme Court's Thomas flew on GOP donor's jet, cites security risks

Aug 31, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    46% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    46% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    10% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"He said in the document that he chose to fly by private plane in May 2022 because his security detail recommended noncommercial travel whenever possible due to the increased security risk following the leak that month of an opinion indicating that the court would overturn the constitutional right to abortion."
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-20% Liberal
"The following month, Thomas and other members of the court's conservative majority overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, in a decision that largely tracked the leaked version."
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-28% Liberal
"When grilled about his role at the Trump Organization while he was in the White House, Trump said his role was gone."
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-28% Liberal
"Donald Trump said in a sworn deposition that he was too tied up with saving the world from a nuclear holocaust to have oversight of his company and commit alleged fraud."
Negative
-42% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : He said in the document that he chose to fly by private plane in May 2022 because his "security detail recommended noncommercial travel whenever possible" due to the "increased security risk" following the leak that month of an opinion indicating that the court would overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
36% : The following month, Thomas and other members of the court's conservative majority overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, in a decision that largely tracked the leaked version.

*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.

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