Newsweek Article Rating

Trump Administration Picks Live: Matt Whitaker tapped as NATO ambassador

  • Bias Rating

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    32% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump added that Whitaker would also work to "strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies."
30% : The nomination comes as Trump rapidly fills out his second term cabinet and administration, including some controversial picks such as Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health czar.
27% : Little is known about Whitaker's foreign policy views, but in a statement today, Trump indicated that he would take a hardline America-first approach.

*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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