The Man Who Brought You Sarah Palin Has a New Candidate: Dean Phillips

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    86% 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

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  •   Liberal
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"(New Hampshire officials say their hands are tied by state law.)"
Negative
-4% Liberal
"(Before that, he also met with Trump about the possibility of working for his campaign.)"
Positive
14% Conservative
"With a net worth of $123 million, according to disclosures filed in 2019, Phillips, age 54, is the fifth richest member of the House of Representatives, and among the 10 richest members in Congress."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Biden, who led an effort to move South Carolina (his first victory in 2020) to the front of the Democratic primary calendar, opted out of the contest."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Now, Schmidt is advising Phillips, Rolling Stone has confirmed."
Positive
6% Conservative
"But even if wiing will mean absolutely nothing in terms of delegates needed to secure the nomination, it could mean quite a lot in terms of the attention lavished on Phillips' campaign."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Schmidt is probably best known as the campaign manager who advised John McCain to select Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his ruing mate in 2008 -- a gamble Schmidt has said he believed was the only possibility of saving a floundering campaign."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Phillips filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Phillips will officially aounce at the State House in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday, which is the deadline to appear on the primary ballot in the state."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Wilson has called Phillips a suicide bomber who has been pushed by a couple of consultants of extraordinary venality into aouncing this scampaign -- which is a bit rich coming from a former consultant to Evan McMullin, an ex-Republican who launched a longshot third-party bid in 2016."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Instead, Phillips' challenge is motivated by his observation that the president, 80, is simply too old for the job."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"To call his candidacy a longshot is an understatement, but Phillips has a good shot of wiing the Democratic primary in New Hampshire -- because Biden will not appear on the ballot."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"To call his candidacy a longshot is an understatement, but Phillips has a good shot of wiing the Democratic primary in New Hampshire -- because Biden will not appear on the ballot."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"One of the most outspoken critics of Phillips' quixotic candidacy is Schmidt's Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson, the former consultant to George H.W. Bush and other Republicans."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"(And according to a report in the Daily Beast, he was a no chill Biden fan boy snapping selfies with the president in 2021.)"
Negative
-22% Liberal
"(Phillips' campaign did not respond to requests for comment.)"
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Phillips' decision to run against Biden doesn't stem from some foundational policy disagreement; he has voted with the president 100 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Phillips' decision to run against Biden doesn't stem from some foundational policy disagreement; he has voted with the president 100 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Dean Phillips -- liquor heir, gelato prince, step-grandson of the advice columnist Dear Abby, and Democratic congressman from Miesota -- is challenging Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination for president."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Dean Phillips -- liquor heir, gelato prince, step-grandson of the advice columnist Dear Abby, and Democratic congressman from Miesota -- is challenging Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination for president."
Negative
-46% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : (New Hampshire officials say their hands are tied by state 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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