Kansas City Star Article Rating

MO governor denies Marcellus Williams clemency. Other rulings pending as execution nears

  • Bias Rating

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -61% 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.

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Overall Sentiment

-22% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : Amber McLaughlin, Michael Tisius, Johnny Johnson and Leonard Taylor, who maintained that he was innocent, all died by lethal injection.
35% : Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams will die by lethal injection unless a court steps in.

*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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