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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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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "President Joe Biden has repeatedly called on Congress to pass his national security supplemental request, which includes billions in funding for Ukraine, Israel, and border security, among other priorities." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "I'm very optimistic they're moving in a very positive way, Manchin told CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The supplemental request also includes $14 billion for border security." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "While losing support from the Democratic base could cost him at the polls next November, the perception of doing nothing on border security could have broad and lasting implications as well." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "But the contours of a border agreement today are far more narrow than past negotiations when more funding for border security was often paired with the legalization of immigrants who had already been living in the US illegally." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden has repeatedly called on Congress to pass his national security supplemental request, which includes billions in funding for Ukraine, Israel, and border security, among other priorities." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Migrant apprehensions on the US-Mexico border have reached record highs over the course of Biden's presidency." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was also on the call." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Biden urges Congress to pass his national security supplemental request, which also includes billions in funding for Ukraine and IsraelBy Priscilla Alvarez, Betsy Klein and Aileen Graef | CNNDemocrats and Republicans are urgently trying to reach an agreement on border policy changes before Senators leave town for the holidays, but several congressional aides are skeptical a deal can be reached as sizeable differences remain." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "While Biden officials have stressed that the arrests reflect of record migration in the Western hemisphere, the issue is certain to be a liability in the 2024 presidential election as Republicans point the finger at the president's immigration policies." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "For Biden, the politics of the moment are complicated." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Republicans, said Sen. Lindsey Graham during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, feel that we're being jammed." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
61% : President Joe Biden has repeatedly called on Congress to pass his national security supplemental request, which includes billions in funding for Ukraine, Israel, and border security, among other priorities.57% : I'm very optimistic they're moving in a very positive way," Manchin told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union.
56% : The supplemental request also includes $14 billion for border security.
47% : While losing support from the Democratic base could cost him at the polls next November, the perception of doing nothing on border security could have broad and lasting implications as well.
47% : But the contours of a border agreement today are far more narrow than past negotiations when more funding for border security was often paired with the legalization of immigrants who had already been living in the US illegally.
*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.