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Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

Jan 27, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    32% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "The U.S. is not going to default on its debt if I'm confirmed," he said. RELATED STORY | Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense Bessent has been an active fundraiser for President Donald Trump in recent years, having hosted events that brought in more than $50 million for the president's campaign.
42% : During confirmation hearings, Bessent said he would work with Trump to raise the debt limit.
25% : President Trump has called for that limit to be abolished.

*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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