Australian Broadcasting Corporation Article RatingNew book claims Trump posted COVID tests to Putin in 2020
- Bias Rating
40% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
25% ReliablePoor
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-48% Negative
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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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% : Trump has repeatedly praised Mr Putin.58% : The book claims at one point in early 2024, Trump ordered an aide out of his office in his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida because he wanted to hold a private call with Mr Putin.
55% : With the coronavirus raging in 2020 and a vaccine still months away, Trump sent the batch of coveted coronavirus tests to his counterpart in Moscow, Woodword wrote.
38% : The book sets out an enduring relationship between the former US president and the Russian leader, claiming Trump continued speaking to the Russian president after leaving office.
38% : Trump responded with: "I don't care.
37% : Trump, who was hospitalised with severe COVID in October 2020, sent COVID test kits to Moscow for Mr Putin's personal use, Woodword wrote in excerpts published by the Washington Post on Tuesday.
36% : "Trump was the most reckless and impulsive president in American history and is demonstrating the very same character as a presidential candidate in 2024," Woodward wrote.
30% : ""Everybody was scrambling to get kits (and Trump) is sending them to Russia, to a murderous dictator for his personal use," she continued.
24% : Mr Putin accepted the supplies but sought to avoid political fallout for Trump, urging he not reveal the dispatch of medical equipment, the book says.
13% : Trump's opponent in the US presidential race, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, said Trump had been "played" and manipulated during a health calamity that saw Americans "dying by the hundreds every day.
*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.