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NBC News Article Rating

Republican senator previously seen as a roadblock to Pete Hegseth's nomination says she'll back him to lead the Pentagon

Jan 15, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableAverage

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  • Politician Portrayal

    -23% Negative

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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42% Positive

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-24%

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Our next commander in chief selected Pete Hegseth to serve in this role, and after our conversations, hearing from Iowans, and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense," Ernst said in a statement.
30% : Trump supporters have sought to rally GOP senators in favor of his nominees after they quietly scuttled his initial nominee for attorney general, the scandal-plagued former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida.

*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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