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We Have an Update on Secretary Austin

  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% 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:

53% : After two weeks of hospitalization for treatment of an infection developed following surgery for prostate cancer -- and being AWOL for days without President Biden and other senior U.S. officials' knowledge -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday.Saying that Secretary Austin "continues to recover well," the Department of Defense said that he "will recuperate and perform his duties remotely for a period of time before returning full-time to the Pentagon."
48% : In the meantime, the DoD said the Secretary of Defense "has full access to required secure communications capabilities.

*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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