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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Be Hospitalized, Temporarily Transfer Authority

May 24, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    78% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    18% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : He will temporarily transfer his authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.
51% : The Pentagon spokesman said Mr. Austin has determined that he will be temporarily unable to perform his duties during the course of this procedure and that he will temporarily transfer his authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks.
50% : It's just not my way.
49% : "The issue was, No. 1, that they could not get to me, and No. 2, it was access to secure communications.
46% : U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is scheduled to undergo a medical procedure on Friday evening, the U.S. Department of Defense has announced.Pentagon press secretary and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the procedure is an elective and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure related to a previously identified bladder condition.

*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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