Eagle-Tribune Article RatingTexas Senate is voting on whether to remove Republican AG Ken Paxton over corruption charges
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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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| "The House impeachment managers, by contrast, walked through specific documents and played clips of testimony by the deputies who reported Paxton to the FBI." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "For nearly a decade, Paxton has elevated his national profile by rushing his office into polarizing courtroom battles across the U.S., wiing acclaim from Donald Trump and the GOP's hard right.Making one final appeal to convict Texas' top lawyer, impeachment managers used their closing arguments Friday to cast him as a crook who needed to go." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Eight of Paxton's former deputies reported him to the FBI in 2020, setting off a federal investigation that will continue regardless of the verdict." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "One said the grand jury heard from Drew Wicker, Paxton's former personal aide." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Sitting across the room was his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, who was required to be present for the whole trial but was barred from participating in deliberations or voting on her husband's political fate." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Federal prosecutors investigating Paxton took testimony in August before a grand jury in San Antonio , according to two people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because of secrecy rules around the proceeding." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Another article alleges the developer also bribed Paxton by paying for his home renovations." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "If we don't keep public officials from abusing the powers of their office, then frankly no one can, Republican state Rep. Andrew Murr, who helped lead the impeachment in the Texas House, said in his closing arguments." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "At the impeachment trial, Wicker testified that he once heard a contractor tell Paxton he would need to check with Nate about the cost of renovations to the attorney general's Austin home." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "One of the impeachment articles centers on an alleged extramarital affair Paxton had with Laura Olson, who worked for Paul." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "There was no visible reaction from the former deputies -- David Maxwell, Ryan Vassar and Blake Brickman -- after Paxton was acquitted on Article 6, termination of whistleblowers." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Paxton faces an array of legal troubles beyond the impeachment." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "The case centers on accusations that Paxton misused his office to help one of his donors, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, who was indicted in June on charges of making false statements to banks." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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% :*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.