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Anti-Vaccine Activists Cheer Trump's Nominee for CDC Director

  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    15% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " Weldon, who was nominated by President Trump, needs to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate before he can lead the nation's top public health agency.
50% : When he made the nomination announcement, Trump said Weldon "will proudly restore the CDC to its true purpose, and will work to end the Chronic Disease Epidemic, and Make America Healthy Again!" Weldon Served in the Army and Congress The CDC was created nearly 80 years ago to prevent the spread of malaria in the U.S.
33% : It had about 13,000 employees when Trump took office, but more than 500 were fired as part of a dramatic -- and continuing -- push by the president and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk to cut staffing across federal agencies.

*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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