Washington Post Article RatingOpinion | McConnell is the second-most important political figure of our time
- Bias Rating
10% Center
- Reliability
40% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
10% Center
- Politician Portrayal
-29% Negative
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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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8% Positive
- Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
49% : That left the path open for Trump to once again run and be elected president.13% : Despite his initial anger about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Kentucky senator refused to join Senate Democrats and even some Republicans in voting to convict Donald Trump of high crimes.
7% : McConnell seemed fully aware that Trump was breaking with core democratic values and norms, but still strongly opposed the Democrats' first impeachment of Trump in 2020 and backed the president's campaigns in 2020 and last year.
7% : The story of why American democracy is in trouble starts with Trump, but the person second-most at fault is McConnell.
*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.