Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Germany's Merkel recalls Putin's 'power games' and contrasting U.S. presidents in her memoir

Nov 27, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -27% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : She adds that Putin apparently "fascinated" Trump and, in the following years, she had the impression that "politicians with autocratic and dictatorial traits" beguiled him.
47% : There was no response from Trump, who looked ahead with his hands clasped.
33% : BERLIN -- Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin's "power games" over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Presidents Obama and Trump, and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexit, in her memoirs published Tuesday.
32% : and Merkel quietly asked Trump: "Do you want to have a handshake?"
22% : There was no such warmth with Trump, who had criticized Merkel and Germany in his 2016 campaign.

*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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