NBC News Article Rating

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson launches a bid for governor

Jan 22, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -38% 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

18% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Later in the video, Benson tells viewers, "I've spent my life standing up to powerful interests, and I'll keep standing up to any bullies or billionaires who try to deceive us, divide us, take away our rights or deny anyone the opportunity to get a fair shot," and shows photos of Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk.
11% : In her launch video, Benson mentions her work in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election fighting back against Trump allies who falsely accused her of allowing election fraud and made baseless claims that Trump won the state that year.

*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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