Newsweek Article Rating

Alex Murdaugh jury deals swift blow with guilty verdict

  • Bias Rating

    -72% Very Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -72% Very Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -51% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Prosecutors have indicated they will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders, sparing him the death penalty.
34% : Murdaugh also testified that he previously lied to law enforcement when he told officers that he was not near the dog kennels the night of his wife and son's murders.
34% : While on trial, Murdaugh said that his opioid addiction was the reason he lied to law enforcement during his alibi.

*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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