McMahon confirmation, buyout offer signal new chapter at Education Department

  • Bias Rating

    26% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    32% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    11% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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4% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : " The South Dakota Republican said that although Washington only "provides a small percentage of education funding, it is responsible for an outsized amount of the bureaucracy and mandates in education, and more often than not it is these polices that are holding back school districts from innovating and ultimately improving the education they provide.
33% : "Donald Trump is clear he wants to eliminate the department and push never-before-seen cuts to public schools.
24% : Linda McMahon is now set to inherit the downsizing effort after the Republican-controlled Senate voted Monday to confirm her to lead the department, putting the former professional wrestling executive in charge of a federal agency that President Trump wants to blow up.

*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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