The Mercury News Article RatingTikTok legislation added to the House foreign aid package
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10% Center
- Reliability
35% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
-4% Center
- Politician Portrayal
58% Negative
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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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| "Congress caot take away the rights of over 170 million Americans who use TikTok to express themselves, engage in political advocacy, and access information from around the world, she said." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "President Joe Biden has said he would sign the TikTok legislation if it reaches his desk." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "The new version of the legislation won a key endorsement from Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell, who said in a statement that she had successfully pushed to extend the period from six months to a year to give the company enough time to find a buyer." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Some investors, including former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary, have already voiced interest in buying TikTok's U.S. business." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has been pushing for years for tech regulation." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Warner said there are a lot of other things that Congress needs to do, but you've got to start someplace." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "At 27, Frost is much younger than most of his colleagues." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The passage of the House TikTok ban is not just a misguided overreach; it's a draconian measure that stifles free expression, tramples constitutional rights, and disrupts the economic pursuits of millions of Americans, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul posted on X after the House passed it." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "I am a NO on the TikTok bill we are about to vote on, Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost posted on X before the House vote." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Extending the divestment period is necessary to ensure there is enough time for a new buyer to get a deal done, said Cantwell, who had previously expressed doubts about the bill." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "I believe the bill does set TikTok up to be baed, Frost said." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
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52% : "Congress cannot take away the rights of over 170 million Americans who use TikTok to express themselves, engage in political advocacy, and access information from around the world," she said.*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.