Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Walz's handling of unrest after George Floyd's death coming under renewed scrutiny

Aug 17, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -28% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-35% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

92% : In a call with Walz and other leaders about a week after Floyd's death, Trump remarked that "what they did in Minneapolis was incredible.
86% : In the call, Trump described Walz as "an excellent guy," and later told him: "I don't blame you.
59% : ""They went in and dominated, and it happened immediately," Trump said, according to an audio recording of the call obtained by ABC News and other outlets.
26% : Trump said he had been planning to send in federal troops "to get the job done right," and singled out the city's mayor, Jacob Frey, saying he'd shown a "total lack of leadership."
23% : But as president, Trump struck a decidedly different tone on a call with Walz and administration officials on June 1, 2020 -- a week after Floyd's death.

*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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