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President Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Founder of the Infamous Silk Road

  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The Libertarian Party, which has long championed drug legalization, had been vocal in its support for Ulbricht's release, arguing that his case was an example of government overreach.
45% : In May 2024, during a speech at the Libertarian Party National Convention in Washington, D.C., Trump made a bold pledge to commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence as soon as he took office.
39% : "If you vote for me, on Day 1, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht to a sentence of time served," Trump declared at the time.

*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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