WTOPWhat to know about Matthew Whitaker, Trump's pick to be America's ambassador to NATO - WTOP News
- Bias Rating
20% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
75% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-36% 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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-11% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
72% : In announcing Whitaker as his choice, Trump noted that he'd once received the Big Ten Medal of Honor.40% : Trump never forgave Sessions for recusing himself during Special Counsel Robert Muller's investigation into ties between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
40% : He got the role despite Trump telling reporters "I don't know Matt Whitaker," just two days after naming him to the post.
37% : "More recently, Whitaker has been a relentless critic of the federal criminal cases against Trump, which appear set to evaporate after his Election Day win.
27% : Here are some things to know about Whitaker:Whitaker was elevated to acting attorney general in November 2018 -- shortly after Republican losses in that year's midterm elections -- when Trump ousted then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
18% : Whitaker also repeatedly chided Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in public statements during her 2016 run against Trump while he was speaking for a group that is barred by its tax-exempt status from supporting or opposing political candidates during a campaign.
*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.