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Takeaways from Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -40% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : A 'warrior culture' at the PentagonHegseth told senators that Trump's primary charge to him was "to bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense" and that "he wants a Pentagon laser focused on warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards, and readiness.
24% : Democrats say Hegseth's lack of experience, his past comments about women and Black troops and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct, make him unfit to serve.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., called Hegseth's nomination to lead the Defense Department "unconventional" but compared him to Trump, and said that may just be what makes him an "excellent choice.

*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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