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Biden's Morehouse College graduation invitation draws backlash

Apr 24, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -1% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Among other policy achievements and priorities, the White House touts increases in federal money support for HBCUs; Biden's efforts to forgive up to $10,000 in student loan burden per borrower and increase Pell Grants for low-income students; energy investments to combat the climate crisis, and Democrats' support for abortion rights and decriminalizing marijuana possession.
53% : Green, who graduated in 2014, called the effort part of a "common thread of protest and activism in the Morehouse tradition" of social and political engagement.
51% : According to Federal Reserve data, about 1 out of 3 Black households has student loan debt, compared with about 1 in 5 white households.
49% : Warnock, in his reaction to Biden's invitation, played up his work with the president "to address the high costs of higher education.
46% : In 2020, Biden won Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes over Trump out of about 5 million ballots cast.
44% : Among states Trump won, Biden is targeting North Carolina, which has a notable Black college student population.
26% : The approach has left Biden with vocal critics to his left and right at a time when he has little margin for error in battleground states, including Georgia, that are expected to decide his rematch with Trump.

*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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