The Boston Globe Article Rating

Rhode Island militia group arose from growing, national sovereign citizen movement, experts say - The Boston Globe

Jul 08, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    38% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Fueled by a decades-old conspiracy over supposed riches owed to followers, professed sovereign citizens have built a reputation in recent years for jamming the court system with frivolous lawsuits and liens, taking over buildings they do not own, and, in rare instances, committing violence, including fatal attacks on law enforcement.
45% : Law enforcement agencies have taken notice: a 2014 University of Maryland study found that police considered sovereign citizens to be the greatest terrorism threat to their communities.
36% : Adherents typically refuse to pay taxes or obey gun laws, though their particular beliefs diverge, sometimes significantly, from place to place.

*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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