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Trump pardons former Penn State student who founded dark web marketplace

Jan 22, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -69% 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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Overall Sentiment

-27% Negative

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : Ross Ulbricht was found guilty in 2015 of creating and operating Silk Road, a hidden website people where bought and sold illegal drugs, as well as other unlawful goods and services.
29% : Ross Ulbricht was found guilty in 2015 of creating and operating Silk Road, a hidden website people where bought and sold illegal drugs, as well as other unlawful goods and services.
17% : Trump called Ulbricht's sentence "ridiculous," claiming it was disproportionate to the crime.
17% : Trump called Ulbricht's sentence "ridiculous," claiming it was disproportionate to the crime.

*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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