The Seattle Times Article Rating

Trump says he hasn't seen evidence of election cheating, still sows doubts

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% 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

-27% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Trump at points insisted his visit was about more than politics.
46% : "Trump then looked behind him to Michael Whatley, his hand-picked chair of the Republican National Committee.
45% : Trump asked, as he stood inside a basketball arena on the Eastern Carolina University campus.
44% : They're not going to get away with it, right?"Trump won North Carolina four years ago by fewer than 75,000 votes.
38% : Trump ceded the microphone to local officials and leaders, who thanked him for bringing attention to their plight.
37% : "Well, I haven't," Trump said.
36% : Trump has long relentlessly contended that Democrats are conspiring to rig the election Nov. 5, suggesting that his support is so strong that fraud is the only way he might lose.
36% : At a news conference in a storm-damaged part of western North Carolina, Trump was asked by a reporter whether he had seen any evidence to suggest this year's election would not be fair.
34% : When he took back the lectern, Trump returned to politicking.
33% : "Look, voting is the least of it right now," Trump said.
20% : Asked about Robinson, Trump said, "I'm not familiar with the race right now."
17% : Trump has repeatedly attacked the Biden administration over its response to the storm.

*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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