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CBS News Article Rating

Vince Fong wins special election to finish term of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

May 22, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -5% 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

26% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Trump endorsed Fong in February, calling him "a true Republican."
52% : Fong, a onetime McCarthy aide who also has the former speaker's endorsement, entered the contest with advantages beyond endorsements from Trump and McCarthy.
36% : The two conservative Republicans and Trump supporters occupy much of the same policy terrain.

*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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