Waterbury Republican-American Article RatingHegseth grilled at confirmation hearing
- Bias Rating
12% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
30% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
40% Somewhat Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-4% Negative
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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:
48% : "That was a false claim and I was completely cleared," Hegseth said of the 2017 incident that allegedly occurred at a veterans' event in Monterey, California.Trump strongly backed his Pentagon pick, saying Hegseth has "my complete and total support" in a morning post on his social media site.46% : "The totality of your own writings and alleged conduct would disqualify any service member from holding any leadership position in the military, much less being confirmed as the Secretary of Defense," said Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island.
45% : "The primary charge President Trump gave me was to bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense," Hegseth said in an opening statement.
11% : Duckworth, who was seriously wounded in combat, lashed out at Hegseth as an unqualified beneficiary of Trump cronyism.
*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.