Common Dreams Article Rating

As Bids to Slash Pentagon Budget Fail, US Military Spending Slammed as 'Height of Absurdity'

Sep 24, 2021 View Original Article
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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "There has been an attempt to position China as a bogeyman requiring billions of extra dollars of military spending.
43% : However, progressive lawmakers and advocates argued that federal spending should focus on combating the Covid-19 pandemic and addressing domestic social needs rather than funding endless wars and a military that receives more money than the next 11 nations' combined.

*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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