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The Kids of Rutherford County: A Reporter’s Essay

Oct 26, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -42% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -42% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -51% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : And that includes if law enforcement wants to speak to your child before charges are ever brought.”
53% : I came across a number of cases where it was parents or relatives who made that first call to police, hoping law enforcement would step in to help.
45% : So, there’s really no check to a judge’s authority in a case — they decide how to interpret the facts and the law.
38% : It’s there in the lingo of the court: There are “petitions” or “summons” instead of “warrants,” “juvenile delinquents” instead of “criminal defendants.”
36% : Credit: Obtained by ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio In Rutherford County, kids as young as 7 were being jailed, in violation of the law.

*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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