Washington Post Article Rating

Is Hunter Biden's pardon a good or bad thing for the rule of law?

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -25% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-5% Negative

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

23% : In his second presidency, Trump said, he'll go after his political opponents, pardon those convicted of attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and undermine law enforcement agencies like the FBI.
21% : All of that could weaken Democrats' argument that Trump and other Republicans carrying out similar moves aren't respecting the rule of law, which could severely hinder their attempts to hold Trump's feet to the fire on law and order.
19% : Others describe it as a justified move to protect Biden's son from politically motivated prosecutions under Trump.
9% : In a social media post Sunday in response to the Biden pardon, Trump described his supporters convicted of attacking the Capitol in 2021 as "hostages," and said their convictions are an "abuse and miscarriage of Justice.

*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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