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Biden-Trump debate should help candidates focus on serious issues, Democratic senator says

May 19, 2024 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : What Donald Trump likes is a carnival-like atmosphere.
51% : "Donald Trump gets up there two or three times a week and pontificates for 90 minutes," Lotter said.
29% : Marc Lotter, a former 2020 Trump campaign aide, said Sunday on ABC that the debate format should actually be concerning for Biden, saying it will be "a challenge" for him to face Trump live in a one-on-one setting.
26% : The one-on-one presidential debate format with no live audience will be better for the American viewing audience considering the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is an "agent of chaos" more interested in entertainment, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said on Sunday.
25% : "Trump has since called for additional presidential debates with Biden, as well as a showdown between his to-be-announced running mate and Vice President Kamala Harris.
20% : The second debate between Trump and Biden is scheduled for Sep. 10 on ABC, and the Biden campaign also has accepted a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS in either July or August.
9% : At one point, Biden said "Will you shut up, man" after being interrupted by Trump.

*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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