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America's marijuana industry is wilting
Jan 01, 2025 View Original Article
- Bias Rating
22% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
10% ReliableLimited
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-36% Negative
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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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4% Positive
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
56% : Because cannabis is designated as a "schedule-1 substance", companies selling it cannot deduct normal business expenses from their tax bill.47% : Allowing tax deductions would go some way towards improving pot-sellers' profitability.
25% : Why are investors not excited? N has been as ostensibly pro-pot as Donald Trump.
21% : Donald Trump seems to want looser rules on pot.
18% : The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz, a vocal proponent of federal legalisation, as Mr Trump's nominee for attorney-general after allegations of sexual misconduct (which he denies) blunted what hopes the industry had.
*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.
