Washington Post Article Rating

Opinion | A pause on the death penalty isn't enough

Jul 06, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    44% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

20% : Mr. Biden promised as a candidate to eliminate the death penalty altogether, and voters likely expected he would undo his predecessor's resumption of capital punishment -- which resulted in a rushed and unprecedented 13 killings in the last days of President Donald Trump's term.

*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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