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Defeated left-wing MSNBC anchors reveal they met with Donald Trump: 'Time to do something different'

  • Bias Rating

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -25% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "She went on to acknowledge that Trump "was cheerful and upbeat" during the private meeting -- and that "he seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.
57% : The MSNBC co-hosts, who have repeatedly bashed the Republican on-air over the years, said they had a face-to-face with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Friday -- their first meeting in seven years -- after reaching out in the wake of his election win.
33% : "Scarborough, meanwhile, said sources had told him Trump may approach his second term differently given he can't run for president again.
20% : Addressing any potential backlash over news of their face-to-face, Scarborough went on to say the co-hosts -- who have previously accused the Republican of being a threat to democracy -- weren't trying to "normalize" 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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