Newsweek Article Rating

Trump lawyer corrects self after saying Clarence Thomas 'directed' defense

  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -46% 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:

58% : In that note in July, Thomas wrote that "if this unprecedented prosecution [of Trump] is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone duly authorized to do so by the American people.
34% : Trump has pleaded not guilty and did not appear in court Thursday.
26% : In their updated indictment, prosecutors removed references to Trump using the Department of Justice in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result, which would be under his Presidential remit, instead putting the blame on him as an individual.
25% : Trump is charged with four felonies related to his claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

*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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