ABC News Article Rating

Postmaster general rejects Trump claims about ability to handle mail-in ballots

Sep 19, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -64% 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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10% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "At the top of his prepared remarks, DeJoy took a veiled swipe at Trump and others engaging in rhetoric that undermines the public confidence in the Postal Service, which, DeJoy reminded reporters, had been delivering ballots since 1864.
21% : We're going to dump millions and millions of dollars," Trump said, repeating false claims that the last election was "rigged" and that the U.S. voting system is "bad."
16% : Louis DeJoy said Trump is "wrong" to claim they might be deliberately misplaced.

*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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