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Parent calls out U.S. gun laws as boy, 6, in custody in teacher's shooting

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    16% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Speaking at the same press conference, Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones praised law enforcement for effectively responding to the incident.
37% :Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who spoke out against new gun laws before winning the Republican primary in 2021, issued a statement about the shooting on Twitter a short time later.
27% : A 6-year-old boy is in police custody, accused of shooting his elementary school teacher, prompting renewed criticism of U.S. gun laws.

*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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