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USDOT considers clawing back $4 billion for California high speed rail

Feb 21, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% 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

25% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : A group of California GOP lawmakers on Feb. 13 sent a to Trump asking him to investigate following a report from the CHSRA's inspector general warning that the first segment, from Merced to Bakersfield, faces a $6.5 billion funding gap and that it's "increasingly unlikely" it will be complete by the 2033 target date.
12% : The megaproject has become a and was repeatedly criticized by Trump on the campaign trail.

*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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