Financial Times Article Rating

Donald Trump expected to pick Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

Nov 22, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -34% 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% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Trump also had a preference for having a Treasury secretary with Wall Street experience during his first term, picking former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin for the post.
40% : "My general view is that at the end of the day, he's a free trader," Bessent told the FT, referring to Trump.

*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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