Texas Public Radio Article RatingWho is Viktor Bout, the Russian prisoner the U.S. traded for Brittney Griner?
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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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| "Despite facing international sanctions and threats of arrest, Bout managed to stay a step ahead of law enforcement until 2008, when he was captured in a sting operation in Thailand, organized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Back in July, Blinken said he had presented a plan to Russia for the return of two Americans, though he did not mention Bout by name." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier this year that the two Americans, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan had been wrongfully detained and must be allowed to come home." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The Biden administration also was seeking to free another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan, but he was not part of the swap and remains jailed in Russia." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
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49% : Despite facing international sanctions and threats of arrest, Bout managed to stay a step ahead of law enforcement until 2008, when he was captured in a sting operation in Thailand, organized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.*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.