Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Why L.A. County paid $400,000 to a church that violated coronavirus rules

Sep 03, 2021 View Original Article
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    -22% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -28% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    52% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Both attorneys represented the church through the Thomas More Society, a law firm that advocates on behalf of conservative causes, frequently defending anti-abortion activists.
54% : At the time, the legality of government restrictions on religious freedoms during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic leaned in the county's favor.
25% : "Religious liberty and the Constitution won today against the overbroad, arbitrary, indeterminate, and clearly unconstitutional mandates from Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County," Jenna Ellis, who previously served as a senior legal adviser on President Trump's campaign, said in a statement.

*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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