Bradenton Herald Article Rating

House ethics panel finds Matt Gaetz violated Florida laws, committed statutory rape

  • Bias Rating

    -48% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -37% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-12% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

24% : During the period 2017 to 2019, Representative Gaetz used or possessed illegal drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, on multiple occasions.
21% : The fate of the Ethics Committee report was thrown into question when Gaetz abruptly resigned from Congress last month after being nominated by Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general.
10% : The House Ethics Committee issued a report Friday concluding that Matt Gaetz, a former Republican congressman from Florida and ally of Donald Trump, broke a raft of House rules during his tenure and violated Florida state laws prohibiting statutory rape and prostitution while using illicit drugs and paying for sex.

*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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