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Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Dark Web Marketplace

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -28% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
43% : According to Semafor, amid his run for reelection back in May, Trump pledged to Libertarian Party members that he would "put a libertarian in my cabinet" and commute Ulbricht's life sentence on his first day in office.
33% : "It's time to be winners," said Trump, asking if the third party delegates wanted to continue settling for single-digit protest votes.
26% : On Monday, Trump issued a blanket pardon to 1,500 individuals who were convicted of offenses or faced charges relating to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

*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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