The Christian Science Monitor Article RatingThe Christian Science Monitor Daily for March 18, 2024
- Bias Rating
-36% Medium Liberal
- Reliability
40% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
32% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
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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 court filing, Trump attorneys said they had been turned down by 30 companies in their efforts to secure a bond they estimated would have to be at least $454 million." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Trump has been incredibly lucky with regard to his criminal trials, but his civil trials in New York could get him in a lot of trouble, with him needing to liquidate many of his assets, says Daniel Urman, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, in an email response to questions." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Recent weeks have been good for Mr. Trump, in that attempts to delay his criminal trials have had some success." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Mr. Trump has offered a bond of $100 million." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Like many real estate investors, Mr. Trump has much of his money tied up in buildings or land." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "But financial institutions won't accept such Trump assets as collateral for a bond, his lawyers wrote on Monday." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "But his civil trials - which typically result only in monetary judgments, not jail time - currently threaten to cost Mr. Trump unexpectedly large amounts of cash." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Delay has been a central pillar of Mr. Trump's defense against his criminal prosecutions." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "If Mr. Trump again wins the presidency, he might order that the federal cases brought by special counsel Jack Smith be dropped by the Justice Department, or even pardon himself to avoid trial." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Mr. Trump's lawyers also argued that he should not be forced to divest himself of buildings in order to raise money for the bond." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "On Friday, the last criminal case that was proceeding on schedule derailed, as Mr. Trump's New York hush money trial was delayed at least a month." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Mr. Trump has continued to publicly deny the charges and insult Ms. Carroll, which he had been warned by the judge not to do, leaving him open to further legal proceedings." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "But in civil cases, Mr. Trump has lately faced legal setbacks and embarrassment involving a core aspect of his identity: his wealth." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The New York state civil fraud case, in which Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Mr. Trump, his sons, and business associates illegally inflated the value of properties to obtain better terms on loans, added hundreds of millions of dollars more in penalties." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "As matters stand, the only criminal case that seemed sure to wrap up prior to the election was the New York hush money case, which involves the money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her allegations of an affair with Mr. Trump." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "If he does not, New York Attorney General Letitia James may begin seizing Trump assets to make sure the penalty gets paid." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "It's perhaps the best of times and the worst of times for former President Donald Trump and his legal strategies." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "That became clear on Monday when Mr. Trump's lawyers said he was unable to secure a multimillion-dollar bond to cover the judgment against him in his New York state civil fraud case." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "In a court filing, Trump attorneys said they had been turned down by 30 companies in their efforts to secure a bond they estimated would have to be at least $454 million." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Trump has been incredibly lucky with regard to his criminal trials, but his civil trials in New York could get him in a lot of trouble, with him needing to liquidate many of his assets, says Daniel Urman, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, in an email response to questions." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Writer E. Jean Carroll's sexual assault and defamation suits against Mr. Trump have so far resulted in a stinging $88.3 million judgment." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
36% : In a court filing, Trump attorneys said they had been turned down by 30 companies in their efforts to secure a bond they estimated would have to be at least $454 million.34% : "Trump has been incredibly lucky with regard to his criminal trials, but his civil trials in New York could get him in a lot of trouble, with him needing to liquidate many of his assets," says Daniel Urman, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, in an email response to questions.
*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.