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'I am afraid': The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there - Poynter

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -30% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : ""We're going to get these people out," Trump said from his golf resort near Los Angeles.
38% : "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats," Trump, the Republican nominee, said.
37% : Trump referred to "Springfield" three times.
34% : "Trump referred to the Haitians as unlawful at a Sept. 13 news conference and promised to carry out "large deportations from Springfield, Ohio.
32% : Hearing Trump repeat the false rumor, "my heart kind of sunk," Miller said, "just because it's already a really tense situation here, and the more that it's been in the news, the worse it's gotten.
29% : "Springfield had been in the middle of the national immigration debate long before Trump started talking about the city.
22% : "On Sept. 13, the morning after Trump repeated the false claim at his Tucson, Arizona, rally, the Springfield City School District evacuated two elementary schools following an email threat.
15% : "The boy's father has criticized Trump and Vance for using his son as a "political tool."

*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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