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Los Angeles Times Article Rating

'I helped elect her': Angry protesters decry potential Medi-Cal cuts at O.C. lawmaker's office

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -35% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-31% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Some say they wouldn't cut benefits but would overhaul Medicaid.
49% : Local resident Cynthia Williams, who was among those protesting outside Republican Congresswoman Young Kim's office, said she knew exactly where the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, needed to trim the fat.
34% : Hundreds of healthcare workers and others massed in Anaheim Hills on Tuesday, shouting their anger over expected cuts to Medicaid and what they stand to lose.
23% : " The group of about 200 workers, their supporters and constituents of Kim decried potential cuts to Medi-Cal, as Medicaid is known in California, and excoriated President Trump and tech titan Elon Musk, head of DOGE.
21% : Although Trump has said he wouldn't support cutting Medicaid, which provides health services for low-income people, the Congressional Budget Office has said it would be impossible to achieve his promised savings without cutting such programs.

*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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