Uvalde Families Make Presence Felt at Texas Governor Debate

Oct 01, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    96% 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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"For Abbott, the border is the issue the two-term governor is most eager to spotlight as he centers his reelection campaign around hard-line stances on illegal immigration, including the busing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-led cities such as New York, Washington and Chicago."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Parents of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre in Texas lashed out at Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his opposition to tougher gun control on Friday before the issue took center stage in his only debate with Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke."
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-62% Liberal
"Polls show a single-digit race, but the stakes are especially high for O'Rourke in what remains an uphill climb to become the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas in nearly 30 years."
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12% Conservative
"For Abbott, the border is the issue the two-term governor is most eager to spotlight as he centers his reelection campaign around hard-line stances on illegal immigration, including the busing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-led cities such as New York, Washington and Chicago."
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-20% Liberal
"Abbott, a potential 2024 presidential contender who in eight years as governor has loosened Texas' firearm restrictions and signed a law doing away with background checks for concealed handguns, has waved off calls for stricter gun controls since the Uvalde attack, which also killed two teachers."
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-14% Liberal
"Florida raised the minimum age weeks after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 under a law signed by then-Republican Gov. Rick Scott."
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-16% Liberal
"Abbott stockpiled nearly $50 million before O'Rourke even entered the race last year and this week launched new spots calling the Democrat a con artist.O'Rourke, who remains one of Democrats' most prolific fundraisers after his failed runs for Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, quickly pulled in more than $30 million in the first half of the year and attacked Abbott over Texas' new abortion ban in his first ads this month."
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0% Conservative
"Abbott stockpiled nearly $50 million before O'Rourke even entered the race last year and this week launched new spots calling the Democrat a con artist.O'Rourke, who remains one of Democrats' most prolific fundraisers after his failed runs for Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, quickly pulled in more than $30 million in the first half of the year and attacked Abbott over Texas' new abortion ban in his first ads this month."
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0% Conservative
"Abbott stockpiled nearly $50 million before O'Rourke even entered the race last year and this week launched new spots calling the Democrat a con artist.O'Rourke, who remains one of Democrats' most prolific fundraisers after his failed runs for Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, quickly pulled in more than $30 million in the first half of the year and attacked Abbott over Texas' new abortion ban in his first ads this month."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Abbott stockpiled nearly $50 million before O'Rourke even entered the race last year and this week launched new spots calling the Democrat a con artist.O'Rourke, who remains one of Democrats' most prolific fundraisers after his failed runs for Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, quickly pulled in more than $30 million in the first half of the year and attacked Abbott over Texas' new abortion ban in his first ads this month."
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0% Conservative
"Their frustration previewed what O'Rourke, who joined the families, was poised to use as one of his sharpest attacks during the hourlong debate at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Like many Democrats ruing in November, O'Rourke is drawing on outrage over abortion access and mass shootings -- issues that have energized voters elsewhere."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Although no other debates between the two are plaed, it will hardly be the last time that more than 17 million registered voters in Texas will see Abbott and O'Rourke on television before the Nov. 8 election."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Although no other debates between the two are plaed, it will hardly be the last time that more than 17 million registered voters in Texas will see Abbott and O'Rourke on television before the Nov. 8 election."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Parents of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre in Texas lashed out at Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his opposition to tougher gun control on Friday before the issue took center stage in his only debate with Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Parents of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre in Texas lashed out at Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his opposition to tougher gun control on Friday before the issue took center stage in his only debate with Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke."
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-2% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : For Abbott, the border is the issue the two-term governor is most eager to spotlight as he centers his reelection campaign around hard-line stances on illegal immigration, including the busing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-led cities such as New York, Washington and Chicago.
19% : Parents of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre in Texas lashed out at Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his opposition to tougher gun control on Friday before the issue took center stage in his only debate with Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke.

*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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