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GOP Senate candidate uses Kentucky photo to tout his support for Montana agriculture -- then quickly replaces it when asked about it

  • Bias Rating

    -8% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The photo that Sheehy originally used to illustrate his support for border security was taken in Russia, while a photo in his "Forest Management" section originates from Ukraine.
50% : The agriculture portion now includes a Shutterstock image labeled "Round bales found in Livingston Montana," while the forestry section now has a photo taken in Custer Gallatin National Forest and the border security section features a commonly-used stock image of the southern border wall that's been appeared in several articles.

*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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