AlterNet'Rocky start': Why Trump team was 'blindsided' by allegations against defense secretary pick
- Bias Rating
36% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
85% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-59% 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.
Sentiments
-31% Negative
- Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
27% : Trump on Tuesday announced his decision to nominate Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth to head the DOD.26% : CNN's Kristen Holmes on Friday joined host Wold Blitzer to discuss the allegation against Hegseth, and confirmed reporting that Trump was unaware of the claim before he picked his defense secretary nominee.
19% : READ MORE: 'Vessels for Trump': Reporters warn 'Thune and Johnson are hostages as much as party leaders'Holmes said "a source" insisted "that despite these allegations, Trump [and] the transition" are " sticking by" Hegseth's nomination.
*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.