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Trump announces he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general

  • Bias Rating

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    3% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Rep. Matt Gaetz arrives to speak during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., on July 17.
58% : In a statement on his Truth Social account, Trump called Gaetz a "deeply gifted and tenacious attorney" and said he "has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice.
49% : Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide captionPresident-elect Donald Trump has selected Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general, tapping the combative Florida Republican to the key post as Trump potentially aims to rein in the independence of the Justice Department.
47% : "Gaetz has served for several years on the House Judiciary Committee, where he was a fierce critic of the Russia investigation and staunch supporter of Trump.
36% : ""Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System," Trump added.

*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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