Voice of America Article Rating

Trump: 'All hell will break out' if Hamas hostages not returned

Jan 07, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -34% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-17% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "Trump added that he liked Carter "as a man."
51% : First day and beyondTrump also said he would be "making major pardons" on his first day in office, when asked about his previous vow to issue clemency to some of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in connection to the riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
50% : "So, Trump has a record of just floating controversial ideas and positions to attract attention and generate interest and media coverage," she said.
49% : "Thessalia Merivaki, an associate teaching professor at Georgetown University, said Trump often uses bluster as a strategy.
48% : His Middle East envoy had, moments before, joined Trump at the podium to brief reporters on his recent high-level talks in the region, saying that his team was "on the verge" of a deal and that he would travel back in coming days.
42% : When asked about a key demand in Ukraine's peace plan -- that it be allowed to join NATO -- Trump said, "My view is that it was always understood" that Ukraine would not be admitted to the security alliance.
33% : "I don't want to hurt your negotiation," Trump said to Steve Witkoff.
28% : Trump has not explained how he would do this.
23% : "Giving the Panama Canal to Panama was a very big mistake," Trump said.
20% : "When asked directly if he would commit to not use military or economic coercion to back his increasingly voluble desire for control of Greenland and, also, the Panama Canal, Trump replied: "I can't assure you on either of those two."Trump has accused Panama of violating the treaty under which the U.S. ceded control of the famous canal more than four decades ago, under then-President Jimmy Carter.

*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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