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Trump Declares Lab Leak as 'True Origins' of Covid on New Website

  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-13% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Trump Administration: Live Updates Updated April 18, 2025, 4:33 p.m. ET1 hour ago A senator said a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador has been moved out of a notorious prison.
46% : In addition to arguing for a lab leak, the website condemns the World Health Organization for its decisions during the pandemic, attacks former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York for sending Covid patients to nursing homes, and criticizes measures that were used in efforts to prevent the early spread of Covid, like lockdowns and masking.
43% : " The website notes that the city is home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a coronavirus lab that had been involved with research projects that some scientists considered dangerous.
36% : Carrying an image of President Trump flanked by the words "Lab Leak," the new page is illustrated by a satellite image of Wuhan, China, the city where Covid began spreading, and says it will describe "the true origins of Covid-19.

*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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