U.S. Supreme Court erodes WOTUS rule

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    44% 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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"The issued Thursday erodes the rule that would have brought all of the nation's streams and wetlands under the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, a rule that U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., compared to regulating puddles."
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16% Conservative
"As a public health agency, EPA is committed to ensuring that all people, regardless of race, the money in their pocket, or community they live in, have access to clean, safe water."
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12% Conservative
"The issued Thursday erodes the rule that would have brought all of the nation's streams and wetlands under the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, a rule that U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., compared to regulating puddles."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Alaska has more than three million lakes and nearly a million miles of rivers, and the state had a big stake in the case, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said."
Positive
2% Conservative
"The Court was right to rein in the EPA's quest to regulate to the raindrop, Cramer said in the statement."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"The 5-4 decision drew praise from members of Congress and governors from around the country, who, like Cramer, have said the rule was unclear."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"My administration is deeply disappointed in this Court which has once again sided with special interests and polluters, by severely lessening protections for drinking water, wetlands, and tributaries, said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis."
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-22% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The issued Thursday erodes the rule that would have brought all of the nation's streams and wetlands under the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, a rule that U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., compared to "regulating puddles.
56% : "As a public health agency, EPA is committed to ensuring that all people, regardless of race, the money in their pocket, or community they live in, have access to clean, safe water.

*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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