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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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| "But others have been trying to broaden their appeal, scrubbing from their websites references to anti-abortion messaging that is out of step with the political mainstream." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Traci Martin, a registered independent, also plans to vote for Oz because she opposes abortion, despite ads that aired during the primary featuring past Oz statements that seemed supportive of abortion rights." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "I hope he is (anti-abortion), Martin said, but the sad part is we live in an age when we see politicians say one thing and do another.___Colvin reported from New York." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The National Republican Senatorial Committee is helping finance a new round of Oz's television ads, and the Senate Leadership Fund, a McCoell-aligned super PAC, says it added $9.5 million to its TV buy -- boosting its overall commitment to $34.1 million by Election Day." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Mitko doesn't feel like he knows the celebrity heart surgeon, who only narrowly won his May primary with Trump's backing." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Masters, for instance, removed language from a policy section of his website that labeled him 100" | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, says it has made $32 million in television ad reservations in the state." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Mitko's thinking underscores the political challenges facing Trump and the rest of the Republican Party as the former president heads to Wilkes-Barre, Pesylvania, on Saturday for his first rally of the general election season." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The shifting climate has prompted rounds of finger-pointing in the party, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell, who last month cited candidate quality as he lowered expectations that Republicans would recapture control of the Senate in November." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "While Trump notched a long list of wins in GOP primaries this summer, many of the candidates he elevated were inexperienced and polarizing figures who are now struggling in their general election races, putting control of the Senate -- once assumed to be a lock for Republicans -- on the line." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The stakes are particularly high for Trump as he lays the groundwork for an expected 2024 presidential run amid a series of escalating legal challenges, including the FBI's recent seizure of reams of classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago club." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Some candidates, like Doug Mastriano, the GOP's hard-line nominee for governor in Pesylvania, are sticking with their primary campaign playbooks, hoping they can win by turning out Trump's loyal base even if they alienate more moderate voters." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "He credited Trump with deterring experienced Republicans from ruing, elevating flawed candidates and forcing them to take positions that are out of step with the general electorate." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "This week, President Joe Biden delivered a primetime speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other MAGA Republicans posed a threat to U.S. democracy as he tries to frame the midterms -- as he did the 2020 election -- as a battle for the soul of the nation.While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November amid soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden's slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "This week, President Joe Biden delivered a primetime speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other MAGA Republicans posed a threat to U.S. democracy as he tries to frame the midterms -- as he did the 2020 election -- as a battle for the soul of the nation.While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November amid soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden's slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "This week, President Joe Biden delivered a primetime speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other MAGA Republicans posed a threat to U.S. democracy as he tries to frame the midterms -- as he did the 2020 election -- as a battle for the soul of the nation.While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November amid soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden's slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "A Trump spokesman did not respond to requests for comment." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "While Fetterman, whom Republicans deride as Bernie Sanders in gym shorts, leads Oz in polls and fundraising, Republicans say they expect the money gap to narrow and are pleased to see Oz within striking distance after getting hammered by $20 million in negative advertising during the primaries." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Florida Sen. Rick Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, shot back, saying those who complain about the party's nominees have contempt for the voters who chose them." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Trump, too, fired back, calling McCoell a disgrace as he defended the party's candidate roster." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
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53% : But others have been trying to broaden their appeal, scrubbing from their websites references to anti-abortion messaging that is out of step with the political mainstream.38% :Traci Martin, a registered independent, also plans to vote for Oz because she opposes abortion, despite ads that aired during the primary featuring past Oz statements that seemed supportive of abortion rights.
37% : "I hope he is (anti-abortion)," Martin said, "but the sad part is we live in an age when we see politicians say one thing and do another."___Colvin reported from New York.
34% : Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building.
*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.