Washington Post Article Rating

Jan. 6 rioter pleads guilty to assault on news media

Sep 10, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -19% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The U.S. attorney's office for the District said Thursday that 870 people had been arrested for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and 269 of those are charged with assault on law enforcement.
48% : The average sentence handed down for assault on law enforcement has been 47 months, according to a Washington Post database.
42% :Twenty-eight people have pleaded guilty to assault on law enforcement, and 14 have been sentenced so far.

*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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