The man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband was caught up in conspiracies, defense says

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    26% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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  •   Conservative
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"Instead, she will argue that he believed with every ounce of his body that he was taking action to stop corruption and the abuse of children by politicians and actors."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Nancy Pelosi was in Washington and under the protection of her security detail, which does not extend to family members."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"The professor, who is also expected to testify next week, was DePape's main target and he had gone to the Pelosis' home to have Nancy Pelosi lure her out, said Linker, one of DePape's defense attorneys."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"After his arrest, DePape, 43, allegedly told a San Francisco detective that he wanted to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Federal prosecutor Laura Vartain Horn told jurors that DePape started plaing the attack in August and that the evidence and FBI testimony will show he researched his targets online, collecting phone numbers and addresses, even paying for a public records service to find information about Nancy Pelosi and others."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Where's Nancy?"
Negative
-16% Liberal
"The crux of Linker's argument is that DePape is not guilty of the charges because he was not after Nancy Pelosi to try to stop her from engaging in her official duties."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Where's Nancy?"
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Other possible witnesses are DePape, Nancy Pelosi's chief of staff, Daniel Bernal, extremism and antisemitism researcher Elizabeth Yates, and federal public defender Catherine Goulet."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Prosecutors say DePape broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and bludgeoned her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer in Oct. 2022."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Nancy Pelosi's husband of 60 years later underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The evidence in this case is going show that when the defendant used this hammer to break into the Pelosi's home he intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi, Vartain Horn said, holding a hammer inside a plastic evidence bag."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"DePape, who lived in a garage in the Bay Area city of Richmond and had been doing odd carpentry jobs to support himself, allegedly told authorities he had other targets, including a women's and queer studies professor, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, actor Tom Hanks and President Joe Biden's son Hunter."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"DePape, who lived in a garage in the Bay Area city of Richmond and had been doing odd carpentry jobs to support himself, allegedly told authorities he had other targets, including a women's and queer studies professor, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, actor Tom Hanks and President Joe Biden's son Hunter."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The man accused of bludgeoning former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer was caught up in conspiracies when he broke into her San Francisco home last year, his defense attorney said as his trial opened Thursday."
Negative
-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : Instead, she will argue that he believed "with every ounce of his body" that he was taking action to stop corruption and the abuse of children by politicians and actors.

*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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