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Yakima Herald Article Rating

Four years later, WA Democratic lawmakers recall Jan. 6 Capitol riot as 'dark day'

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    65% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    46% Medium Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -26% 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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-18% Negative

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38%

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : On Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building as Congress gathered to certify the results of the 2020 election making Joe Biden the 46th President of the United States.
29% : " "If Donald Trump moves forward with pardoning the January 6 rioters, as he has pledged to do, he will once again be doing violence to our country and our democracy and encouraging it again in the future," Jayapal wrote.
23% : Now that Trump is returning to the White House, some U.S. Congress members from Washington state are commemorating the day's events with stinging statements.

*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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