Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former congressman to lead public health agencies

Nov 23, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -30% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : She appears regularly on Fox News and has expressed frequent support for Trump, sharing photos of them together on her social media pages.
56% : Trump said Makary, trained as a surgeon and cancer specialist, "will restore FDA to the gold standard of scientific research, and cut the bureaucratic red tape at the agency to make sure Americans get the medical cures and treatments they deserve.
45% : Some of Makary's views align closely with the man who is poised to be his boss -- prominent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump put forward as the next U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
45% : The CDC estimated that COVID-19 vaccinations prevented more than 686,000 U.S. deaths in 2020 and 2021 alone.
44% : As part of a flurry of nominations late Friday night, Trump also tapped doctor and former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon of Florida to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

*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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