AdweekDonald Trump Names Fox News' Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary
- Bias Rating
6% Center
- Reliability
85% ReliableGood
- Policy Leaning
32% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-32% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
49% : This is the second Fox News personality Trump has brought into his administration since becoming president-elect.45% : Announcing his nomination for defense secretary, Trump wrote on Truth Social: "Pete has spent his entire life as a warrior for the troops and for the country.
39% : According to reports in 2018, Trump considered Hegseth a confidant and frequently discussed veterans' policy with him.
25% : Additionally, Hegseth dined at the White House and was present for at least one Oval Office meeting between Trump and his former Secretary of Veteran Affairs, David Shulkin.Appearing on The Shawn Ryan Show last week, Hegseth discussed his views on the military, including his controversial position that women should not serve in combat zones.
*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.