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'Mystery Drones' Flying Over New Jersey? Here's What We Know

Dec 14, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -43% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-6% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : After the U.S. Department of Defense said there was "no evidence" that these drones came from a country hostile to the U.S., Van Drew went back to Fox News and doubled down, insisting that his sources were serious and adding that the Coast Guard had seen them flying to and from the sea (emphasis ours):They've been incredibly stupid and incredibly weak with this.
31% : On Dec. 13, Trump said in a Truth Social post that the government should tell the people what it knows about the drones or "shoot them down.
30% : In a Dec. 13 Truth Social post, Trump said that the U.S. government either has to tell the public what it knows about the drones or "shoot them down."

*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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