Salon Article Rating

Trump Defense Department pick Pete Hesgeth was accused of sexual assault in 2017

Nov 15, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -67% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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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-15% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

7% : The allegations came to the attention of Trump's incoming Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Wednesday night, a day after Trump announced the pick, with one Trump team source telling Vanity Fair that Hegseth "wasn't vetted.

*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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