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Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was a wakeup call

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% 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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-45% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Musk spent an estimated $250 million during the presidential campaign to support Trump, who named Musk, the world's richest man, to co-lead a new effort to find ways to cut the government's size and spending.
49% : What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives," Livelsberger wrote in a letter found by authorities who released only excerpts of it.
42% : Livelsberger wrote in the note that he needed to "cleanse my mind" of the lives lost of people he knew and "the burden of the lives I took.""Although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD and other issues," FBI Special Agent In Charge Spencer Evans said at a news conference.
35% : Neither Trump nor Musk was in Las Vegas early Wednesday, the day of the explosion.

*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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