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Trump names Dave Weldon as his pick to direct the CDC

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    31% Positive

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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Overall Sentiment

13% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The CDC director reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a role for which Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an avowed vaccine skeptic and critic of the CDC.
43% : "Dave will proudly restore the CDC to its true purpose, and will work to end the Chronic Disease Epidemic," Trump said in a statement.

*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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