Texas rabbi: Captor grew belligerent late in standoff

Jan 16, 2022 View Original Article
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Bias Score Analysis

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"President Joe Biden issued a statement thanking law enforcement after the hostage situation ended."
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20% Conservative
"In a Sunday morning post on what appears to be Cytron-Walker's Facebook page, the rabbi thanked law enforcement and first-responders, and security training that helped save us."
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14% Conservative
"Law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity earlier said the hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida who is in a federal prison in Texas."
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-18% Liberal
"Rest assured, we are focused, Biden said during a visit to a food pantry in Philadelphia on Sunday morning."
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"President Joe Biden issued a statement thanking law enforcement after the hostage situation ended."
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6% Conservative
"But let me be clear to anyone who intends to spread hate -- we will stand against anti-Semitism and against the rise of extremism in this country, Biden said."
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-20% Liberal
"Authorities on Sunday identified a 44-year-old British national as the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue for 10 hours before an FBI SWAT team stormed the building, ending a tense standoff that President Joe Biden called an act of terror."
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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : President Joe Biden issued a statement thanking law enforcement after the hostage situation ended.
57% : In a Sunday morning post on what appears to be Cytron-Walker's Facebook page, the rabbi thanked law enforcement and first-responders, and security training "that helped save us."
41% : Law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity earlier said the hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida who is in a federal prison in Texas.

*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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