Daily Mail Online Article Rating

Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary

Jan 27, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    15% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -34% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-8% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Confirmed as 79th Treasury secretary * Must manage tax negotiations, international economic relations * Faces early test in navigating finances under debt ceiling By Ann Saphir Jan 27 (Reuters) -
43% : Bessent used his confirmation hearing to talk tough on deficits, declaring that government spending is "out of control," though it is not clear how much he could do to rein it in.
38% : He also pushed back against the idea that Trump's policies would be inflationary, and said that the administration's efforts to increase oil production would actually help bring down prices.

*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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