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Trump threatens to 'knock the hell out of people backstage' over mic failure

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -39% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : the near-capacity crowd roared, pleasing Trump, who commented on the size of the crowd several times.
40% : Soon though, the crowd became frustrated with the sound levels in the venue, even chanting: "Fix the mic!"Trump eventually got the message and ripped the microphone from the podium to hold it closer to his mouth.
34% : Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?"The crowd cheered and Trump continued: "I don't mind if they want to come up a little forward or something
25% : Trump kicked off his rally by asking the question he starts all his rallies with: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?""No!"
24% : At the same venue where Trump accepted the Republican Party nomination in July, the former president was plagued by an audio problem.
22% : ""I'll make you a deal," Trump said to the crowd.
21% : "During an earlier rally in Michigan when there was another technical problem, Trump again suggested that the contractors should not be paid.
18% : I say don't pay the contractor then they write a story, Trump doesn't pay his bills, he's a bad guy.
15% : "I think this mic stinks," Trump said.
13% : After holding a microphone for roughly 15 minutes, Trump complained about its weight.

*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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