Mother Jones Article Rating

Domestic abuse and a drinking pledge: What Pete Hegseth refuses to answer

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -42% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-29% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : It took nearly two hours into Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing on Tuesday for Democrats to effectively underscore the deeply alarming allegations surrounding the former Fox News host as he attempts to get confirmed as Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense.
46% : " Kaine went on to press Hegseth to say whether committing domestic abuse would be disqualifying behavior for a nominee for Secretary of Defense.
33% : "You didn't reveal any of this to President Trump or the transition team as they were considering you to be nominated for Secretary of Defense.

*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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