The Independent Article RatingWho is Pete Hegseth? The Fox News anchor turned nominee for Defense secretary
- Bias Rating
16% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
65% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-68% Negative
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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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29% Positive
- Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
40% : Trump issued a statement on Tuesday to nominate Hegseth for the position in the US Department of Defense.35% : "I think Trump was tired of fighting with his secretaries of defense and picked one who would be loyal to him."
34% : a defense industry lobbyist who was granted anonymity told Politico, adding that they had hoped Trump would nominate "someone who actually has an extensive background in defense.
8% : ""Trump picking Pete Hegseth is the most hilariously predictably stupid thing," former Republican congressman and Trump critic Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.Among the critics was Hegseth's former colleague and ex-longtime Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, who left the network after a decade in 2016 having filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against chairman Roger Ailes.
*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.