Politi Fact Article Rating

Vice President Kamala Harris' Nov. 2 "Saturday Night Live" appearance triggered questions about broadcast networks' "equal time" rule for candidates. NBC responded by giving former President Donald Trump airtime. We took a closer look.

  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -5% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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17% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Trump requested time ... and received equivalent air time.
31% : In 2015, Trump hosted the show, and our analysis then found that the "equal time" rule is complicated and often misunderstood.

*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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