NBC News Article Rating

N.C. lieutenant governor faces calls to resign for calling LGBTQ people 'filth'

Oct 08, 2021 View Original Article
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    -34% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -52% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "North Carolina is a welcoming state where we value public education and the diversity of our people.
46% : "Topics surrounding transgenderism and homosexuality should be discussed at home and not in public education," Waugh said.
36% : The article includes 2016 comments that Robinson made after the shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse, in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 patrons -- many of them young LGBTQ people -- were killed and dozens more wounded before the shooter died in a shootout with law enforcement.

*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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