WFAA-TV Channel 8 Article RatingTexas Republicans in Congress vote against bill to protect right to contraception
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-6% Center
- Politician Portrayal
64% Negative
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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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| "Typhoon Texas dumps 15,000 pounds of ice into wave pool for the 'ultimate cool down'" | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Thomas' concurring opinion accompanied the court's ruling on abortion last month." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Republicans disparaged the contraceptives bill as violating religious freedom and states' rights to regulate their own health care policy." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The decision of when and how to begin a family is a personal decision, and I will continue to fight back against any attempts to further strip away reproductive rights from Texas women, said U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The contraceptives bill proved a far more partisan vote than the marriage bill, which attracted dozens of Republican members joining Democrats to vote in favor, including one Texan, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "All Texas Republicans voted against the measure, except for Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, who did not vote." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Senate Democrats introduced companion legislation earlier this week, which U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, dismissed as pure hysteria, doubting the Supreme Court would actually repeal legal protections for contraceptives." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
61% : Typhoon Texas dumps 15,000 pounds of ice into wave pool for the 'ultimate cool down'47% : Thomas' concurring opinion accompanied the court's ruling on abortion last month.
34% : Republicans disparaged the contraceptives bill as violating religious freedom and states' rights to regulate their own health care policy.
*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.