Biden says 'my memory is fine,' disputes special counsel's report in national address

Feb 09, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    88% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-11% Negative

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"The president also said, I've seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents."
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10% Conservative
"My memory has not gotten worse, Biden told reporters hours after the release of special counsel Robert Hurt's report."
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2% Conservative
"My memory has not gotten worse, Biden told reporters hours after the release of special counsel Robert Hurt's report."
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2% Conservative
"Hur's report did say Biden willfully retained the classified documents."
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2% Conservative
"President Joe Biden in a televised address Thursday evening disputed new claims by special counsel Robert Hur that he willfully retained classified material at his Delaware home, and that he exhibited poor memory during an interview in the fall about that material."
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0% Conservative
"I don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away, Biden said."
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-8% Liberal
"My memory has not gotten worse, Biden told reporters at the White House hours after Hur released his report, in which he said he would not criminally charge the president."
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-14% Liberal
"But Biden noted that Hur elsewhere in the same report wrote there is in fact a shortage of evidence that the president willfully retained classified material related to Afghanistan."
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-20% Liberal
"On another page in the report, Biden said, Hur wrote, The decision to decline criminal charges was straightforward."
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-20% Liberal
"The evidence suggests that Mr. Biden did not willfully retain these documents."
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-22% Liberal
"Biden was visibly angry at Hur's claim that he could not remember the year his son Beau Biden died, which the special counsel cited among other examples of evidence that Biden's memory appeared hazy during interviews with investigators."
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-52% Liberal
"Biden was visibly angry at Hur's claim that he could not remember the year his son Beau Biden died, which the special counsel cited among other examples of evidence that Biden's memory appeared hazy during interviews with investigators."
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-52% Liberal

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55% : The president also said, "I've seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents.

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