The Hill Article Rating

Trump faces backlash to Hegseth pick for Pentagon chief

  • Bias Rating

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    36% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -14% 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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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First," Trump said in a statement.
45% : I think that's what Trump is after.
43% : I think what Trump wants from his appointees is subservience," Bolton said on CNN Tuesday morning.
36% : And beyond loyal to and trusted by Trump.""Hegseth is undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history.
25% : Hegseth is also known for publicly and privately lobbying Trump to pardon service members accused of war crimes, which he did in 2019, despite warnings that it would damage the integrity of the military justice system.

*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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