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San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to talk about gun violence with President Biden

Jul 13, 2021 View Original Article
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    -10% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -38% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -26% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The White House said Biden plans to review the administration's efforts to increase funding for local law enforcement that emphasizes effective community policing.
27% : President Joe Biden plans to meet with law enforcement, local elected officials and others around the country to discuss his strategy to reduce gun crimes in the wake of a national increase in violent crimes.
22% : The White House said Biden wants to stem the flow of illegal guns with a budget request seeking more funding for federal and state law enforcement, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to improve that agency's ability to track and disrupt gun trafficking.

*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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