Chicago Tribune Article RatingAfter storied time as the 'Velvet Hammer,' Michael Madigan to face a jury
- Bias Rating
36% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
30% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
32% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-42% 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.
Sentiments
-4% Negative
- Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : Former House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs once derided Madigan for a failed legacy of "absolute power and control" that left "unbalanced budgets, broken pension systems, tax increase after tax increase, with nothing to show for it.49% : Once Pritzker won, he worked with Democratic supermajorities in the 2019 spring legislative session to pass recreational marijuana, casinos for Chicago and five other communities, sports betting, higher taxes on gas and cigarettes, and a $45 billion pork-barrel program that included $50 million in grants to be doled out by the Illinois Arts Council, then chaired by Shirley Madigan, the speaker's wife.
*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.