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Prominent conservative lawyer Ted Olson, who argued Bush recount and same-sex marriage cases, dies

Nov 13, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    42% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    56% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -21% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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9% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country's best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died Wednesday.
36% : "His decision to join the case added a prominent conservative voice to the rapidly shifting views on same-sex marriage across the country.
32% : After California adopted a ban on same-sex marriage in 2008, Olson joined forces with former adversary David Boies, who had represented Democrat Al Gore in the presidential election case, to represent California couples seeking the right to marry.

*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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