Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Column: I'm also sick of discussing Trump's madness. But we have to

Oct 16, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    42% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -34% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : "Trump responded, "You've got to be able to finish a thought because it's very important.
52% : She raised her arms to form the first letter of the "YMCA" dance -- a staple on wedding reception dance floors since the 1980s -- but it appeared Trump had no idea what she was doing, and he continued to sway to the beat of his own drum machine.
51% : Trump did use his words Tuesday in a one-on-one interview with Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait, but given the general incoherence of his answers, he may as well have been shuffling around aimlessly to Luciano Pavarotti's version of Schubert's "Ave Maria" (they played it twice at Monday's town hall).
36% : "Everyone was so excited they were fainting so @realDonaldTrump turned to music," wrote Trump campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, in a post on X. Team Trump offered no explanation for why Trump encouraged his audience of supporters to vote on Jan. 5 -- two months after election day.
34% : "Micklethwait: "You've gone from the dollar to [French President Emmanuel] Macron."Trump: "It's called the weave.
30% : But it's worth repeating because it's important: Trump is not fit to be president.
25% : Trump sighed then gave this non-answer: "I just haven't gotten over something the Justice Department did yesterday, where Virginia cleaned up its voter rolls and got rid of thousands and thousands of bad votes.
20% : "Wednesday's pretaped softball interview with Fox News' Harris Faulkner allows Trump a reprieve from the damning exposure of live events and the increasing difficulty he has answering basic policy questions that he deems are hostile and unfair.
13% : As other columnists and political reporters have pointed out, we're running out of ways to describe the Mad-King slippage of Trump, and we shouldn't have to at this point.

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