Yahoo News Article Rating

Trump defends his pardons for Jan. 6 attack on Capitol

Jan 22, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -64% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-17% Negative

  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : "I thought it was very excessive," Trump told reporters.
29% : Asked about the vice president's remarks, Trump said that some of those convicted had already served years in jail. "
18% : Trump in a news conference Tuesday was dismissive of the effort to prosecute nearly 1,600 people for their roles in a riot by supporters seeking to keep him in power after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.
18% : Their lives have been ruined," Trump said.
15% : A Reuters poll released Tuesday found that about 58% of respondents said Trump should not pardon all people convicted of crimes for Jan. 6.Trump had said he would issue some pardons to people convicted for their actions on Jan. 6 but did not provide details of his plans.

*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.

Copy link