Newsweek Article Rating

Jan. 6 rioter who attacked police with poles sentenced to 20 years

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    58% 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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-60% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : The riot erupted following claims from Trump that the 2020 election was stolen via widespread voter fraud, despite there being no evidence to back up such claims.
34% : Dempsey has a history of political violence, including a 2021 assault conviction stemming from a peaceful protest against Trump in Santa Monica, California, in 2019 where Dempsey shot bear spray at close range toward several protesters.

*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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