The Texas Tribune Article Rating

Ken Paxton tried to hide his affair from his wife and voters. It may ...

  • Bias Rating

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -22% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : On Oct. 1, seven of them notified Paxton that they had reported him to law enforcement.
48% : In his 12 years as a legislator - first as a House member, and then for two years in the Texas Senate - Paxton was a reliable champion of Christian causes, backing bans on Planned Parenthood sex education materials in public schools and co-authoring a state constitutional amendment that would have barred businesses and individuals from being sued for declining to provide services on religious grounds.
44% : Among other moves that alarmed top staff, Paxton allegedly provided Paul with sensitive information about an FBI raid on Paul's businesses and home, told staff not to assist law enforcement investigating Paul and, despite objections from veteran law enforcement officials, hired a young, inexperienced Houston attorney from outside the agency to investigate Paul's adversaries.

*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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