PBS Article RatingThree men receive prison time for helping Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
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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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| "Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were described as captains of an incredible plan to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home, seeking to inspire a U.S. civil war known as the boogaloo." | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| "Wilson presided over the first batch of convictions in state court, following the high-profile conspiracy convictions of four others in federal court." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "But defense attorneys argued that the trio had cut ties with Fox before the Whitmer plot came into focus by late summer of 2020; Bellar had moved to South Carolina in July." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Whitmer, a Democrat recently elected to a second term, was never physically harmed." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The three held gun training with Fox in rural Jackson County and shared his disgust for Whitmer, police and public officials, especially after COVID-19 restrictions disrupted the economy and triggered armed Capitol protests and anti-government belligerence." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke in a recorded video before Jackson County Judge Thomas Wilson set the sentences, saying the actions of the three was a threat to democracy itself." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke in a recorded video before Jackson County Judge Thomas Wilson set the sentences, saying the actions of the three was a threat to democracy itself." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "READ MORE: Jury is told 2 men wanted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, start a 'second American revolution'" | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "When the plot was foiled, Whitmer blamed then-President Donald Trump, saying he had given comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "When the plot was foiled, Whitmer blamed then-President Donald Trump, saying he had given comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In August, after 19 months out of office, Trump said the kidnapping plan was a fake deal." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
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