The Guardian Article Rating

White Stripes sue Trump over 'flagrant misappropriation' of hit song

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    48% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -6% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : In their lawsuit, the White Stripes say Seven Nation Army is "among the most well-known and influential musical works of all time" and said Trump and his campaign have sought to "generate financial and other support for his campaign and candidacy on the backs of plaintiffs, whose permission and endorsement he neither sought nor obtained in violation of their rights under federal copyright law".
50% : Trump is also currently fighting two suits for unauthorised use of music as part of his campaign, from the estate of Isaac Hayes and from the Guyanese British musician Eddy Grant.
26% : "The singer has made good on the threat, filing a copyright infringement suit, alongside Meg White, as the White Stripes, seeking "significant monetary damages", and listing Trump, his campaign and Martin as defendants.
14% : The lawyer Ronald Coleman, with Dhillon Law Group, who is acting for Trump on the matter, gave no comment to the Guardian on Monday, but said over email the defendants had not yet been served with papers.

*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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