Wall Street Journal reporter's imprisonment by Russia raises questions about why he was targeted

  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    24% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"President Biden has called on Russia to release him, and his administration has said it will do everything possible to bring him home, as well as imprisoned U.S. Marine Paul Whelan."
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-10% Liberal
"Unless the Biden administration is able to swap Gershkovich for an asset coveted by Putin, he is likely facing a trial that will be held behind closed doors and would almost certainly result in a conviction and lengthy prison sentence."
Negative
-14% Liberal

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*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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