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Trump chooses Stanford's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH

  • Bias Rating

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    90% ReliableExcellent

  • Policy Leaning

    -30% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -25% 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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-5% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : In choosing Bhattacharya, Trump is picking someone with expertise in economics and health care policy who leads Stanford's Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.
58% : If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Bhattacharya would lead the $47.5 billion agency that is the world's largest funder of biomedical research.
55% : In a statement on social media, Trump said that "Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Standard of Medical Research as they examine the underlying causes of, and solutions to, America's biggest health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease," referring to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his choice to lead the NIH's parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services.

*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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