The Dallas Morning News Article RatingTexas was supposed to make schools safer to stop another shooting like Uvalde
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18% Somewhat Conservative
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18% Somewhat Conservative
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56% 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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| "In a country awash with guns and a powerful gun lobby, Texas' leaders have long touted their fealty to the Second Amendment." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "You could say that I signed into law today some laws that protect gun rights, but today, I signed documents that instill freedom in the Lone Star State, Abbott said last year at a signing of seven of those bills." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The draft included five items that peripherally addressed the issue, including:Requiring mandatory reporting for lost or stolen guns;Asking Senate and House leaders to issue an interim charge to consider the merits of adopting a red flag law allowing law enforcement, a family member, school employee, or a district attorney to file a petition seeking the removal of firearms from a potentially dangerous person, only after legal due process is provided;Modify the existing firearm storage law, requiring parents to secure firearms for those under 18;And creating a 48-hour timeline for protective orders and information from mental health adjudications to be available to the federal firearms reporting database, shortening the existing 30-day process." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "While the changes to school security were many in the aftermath of Santa Fe, there was one area where state lawmakers were silent: gun laws." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Flores was appointed by Abbott to the 17-member board of directors for the Texas School Safety Center, which is tasked with reviewing such plans and helping schools identify best practices." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Upon their signing, Gov. Greg Abbott said that the bills addressed not only the tragedy that took place at Santa Fe, but will do more than Texas has ever done to make schools safer places for our students, for our educators, for our parents and families." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Gun safety and red flagsAbbott's initial list of recommendations was relatively thin in dealing with gun safety." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "You could say that I signed into law today some laws that protect gun rights, but today, I signed documents that instill freedom in the Lone Star State, Abbott said last year at a signing of seven of those bills." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "And as for red flag legislation, Abbott said at the end of the session that he didn't believe such a change would be necessary right now in the state." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Tuesday's response from Republican leaders - including U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Paxton - did not signal a shift in direction." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "His staff drafted a 40-page list of recommendations, distilling those strategies into solutions, solutions that will make our schools and our state a safer place, Abbott said as he unveiled his plans at a May 2018 press conference at Dallas ISD headquarters." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "State Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, coauthored unsuccessful red flag law bills in 2019 and 2021." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "I don't expect aggressive gun safety laws, Johnson said." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : In a country awash with guns and a powerful gun lobby, Texas' leaders have long touted their fealty to the Second Amendment.50% : "You could say that I signed into law today some laws that protect gun rights, but today, I signed documents that instill freedom in the Lone Star State," Abbott said last year at a signing of seven of those bills.
44% : The draft included five items that peripherally addressed the issue, including:Requiring mandatory reporting for lost or stolen guns;Asking Senate and House leaders to issue an interim charge "to consider the merits of adopting a red flag law allowing law enforcement, a family member, school employee, or a district attorney to file a petition seeking the removal of firearms from a potentially dangerous person, only after legal due process is provided";Modify the existing firearm storage law, requiring parents to secure firearms for those under 18;And creating a 48-hour timeline for protective orders and information from mental health adjudications to be available to the federal firearms reporting database, shortening the existing 30-day process.
37% : While the changes to school security were many in the aftermath of Santa Fe, there was one area where state lawmakers were silent: gun laws.
*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.