Biden to give longer, but not longest, range rockets to Ukraine in bid to avert escalation with Russia

Jun 02, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    26% Moderately Conservative

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    56% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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  •   Conservative
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"After Mid-Air Collision Takes Out Two EnginesNew York Times: Putin's Shadow Soldiers: How The Wagner Group Is Expanding In AfricaBloomberg: U.S. Warms to Defense Talks With China, Dropping Protocol DisputeMilitary Times: VA hospital denied emergency care to dying vet because staff couldn't verify his military serviceArmy Times: Sexual misconduct prevention in the Army is 'disjointed' and 'unclear,' watchdog saysThe Dispatch: Opinion: Don't Let Iran Humiliate the IAEA Again19fortyfive.com: Could Israel Really Destroy Iran's Nuclear Facilities in a Strike?19fortyfive.com: How Much of a Threat are Iran's Drones?"
Negative
-2% Liberal
"We have every right to expect those countries, which will expect NATO's second-largest army to come to their defense under Article 5, to prevent the recruitment, fundraising and propaganda activities of the PKK, which the European Union and America consider a terrorist entity.Furthermore, Turkey stresses that all forms of arms embargoes -- such as the one Sweden has imposed on my country -- are incompatible with the spirit of military partnership under the NATO umbrella, Erdogan argues."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Stoltenberg and Blinken will have a joint news conference at the State Department at 10:45 a.m., according to NATO."
Positive
24% Conservative
"NATO CHIEF TRAVELING TO DC TO MEET WITH TOP BIDEN OFFICIALS"
Positive
18% Conservative
"https://www.defense.gov/News/AdvisoriesTUESDAY | JULY 19Aspen Meadows Resort, Colorado -- Aspen Strategy Group three-day (19-22) Aspen Security Forum with Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Army Gen. Richard Clarke, commander U.S. Special Operations Command; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.; former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Kay Bailey Hutchison, former U.S. ambassador to NATO; and others."
Positive
10% Conservative
"https://www.defense.gov/News/AdvisoriesTUESDAY | JULY 19Aspen Meadows Resort, Colorado -- Aspen Strategy Group three-day (19-22) Aspen Security Forum with Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Army Gen. Richard Clarke, commander U.S. Special Operations Command; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.; former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Kay Bailey Hutchison, former U.S. ambassador to NATO; and others."
Positive
10% Conservative
"https://www.defense.gov/News/AdvisoriesTUESDAY | JULY 19Aspen Meadows Resort, Colorado -- Aspen Strategy Group three-day (19-22) Aspen Security Forum with Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Army Gen. Richard Clarke, commander U.S. Special Operations Command; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.; former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Kay Bailey Hutchison, former U.S. ambassador to NATO; and others."
Positive
10% Conservative
"https://www.defense.gov/News/AdvisoriesTUESDAY | JULY 19Aspen Meadows Resort, Colorado -- Aspen Strategy Group three-day (19-22) Aspen Security Forum with Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Army Gen. Richard Clarke, commander U.S. Special Operations Command; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.; former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Kay Bailey Hutchison, former U.S. ambassador to NATO; and others."
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10% Conservative
"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Washington for two days of meetings with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan."
Positive
16% Conservative
"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Washington for two days of meetings with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Helping Ukraine defend itself in the face of Russia's unprovoked invasion, Biden argues, is in America's vital national interest."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also delivers remarks."
Positive
12% Conservative
"President Joe Biden takes part in an 11 a.m. change of command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters as Adm. Linda Fagan is sworn in as commandant, becoming the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Every negotiation reflects the facts on the ground, Biden says."
Positive
8% Conservative
"We will provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine, Biden writes in a guest essay in the New York Times."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The Relationship Between Reporting and Accountability, with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, USIP vice president for Russia and Europe; Chuck Todd, host of NBC's Meet the Press; and George Moose, chair of the USIP Board of Directors https://www.usip.org/events/exposing-atrocities-ukraine10 a.m. -- American Security Project virtual discussion: War in Ukraine, with retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO supreme allied commander https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/war-in-ukraine11 a.m. -- Foreign Affairs magazine online event: The evolution of American foreign policy and the challenges facing the world today, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken; and Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan https://www.state.gov/11 a.m. -- McCain Institute virtual discussion: A 21st Century Iron Curtain?"
Positive
6% Conservative
"The Relationship Between Reporting and Accountability, with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, USIP vice president for Russia and Europe; Chuck Todd, host of NBC's Meet the Press; and George Moose, chair of the USIP Board of Directors https://www.usip.org/events/exposing-atrocities-ukraine10 a.m. -- American Security Project virtual discussion: War in Ukraine, with retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO supreme allied commander https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/war-in-ukraine11 a.m. -- Foreign Affairs magazine online event: The evolution of American foreign policy and the challenges facing the world today, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken; and Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan https://www.state.gov/11 a.m. -- McCain Institute virtual discussion: A 21st Century Iron Curtain?"
Positive
6% Conservative
"ReportWashington Examiner: Taiwan's president 'plaing cooperation' with US National GuardWashington Examiner: 'Slaughter of iocents': Biden and New Zealand leader discuss domestic extremismWashington Examiner: Russian airstrike on chemical plant sends toxic smoke into the air: ReportsWashington Examiner: Russia to return 152 Ukrainians' bodies after accusing 'Nazis' of planting minesWashington Examiner: Top Gun takes aim at China with Taiwanese flag on Maverick's jacketAP: Germany to send Kyiv anti-aircraft missiles, radar systemsAP: Denmark holds referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine warWashington Post: Russia seizes half of key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk; E.U. bans most Russian oilDefense News: With Food Crisis Looming, Milley Says Using Military To End Russian Blockade Would Be 'High Risk'AP: 5 Missiles Hit Iraqi Base Hosting US Troops; No CasualtiesBreaking Defense: UN talks on space norms surprisingly collegial, but fireworks to come: SourcesAir Force Magazine: Space Force Finally Rolls Out Cyber Standards for Commercial SATCOM ProvidersPolitico:"
Positive
2% Conservative
"3 p.m. -- Virtual Pacific Climate Forum of the Americas with U.S. Southern Commander Gen. Laura Richardson https://iamericas.org/pacific-climate-forumFRIDAY | JUNE 39 a.m. -- U.S. Institute of Peace virtual discussion: Preventing Mass Atrocities in Afghanistan: How the U.S. and International Community Can Protect Hazaras and other Vulnerable Afghans, with State Department Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls and Human Rights Rina Amiri; Farkhondeh Akbari, postdoctoral fellow at the Monash University Gender, Peace and Security Center; Lauren Baillie, senior program officer for atrocity prevention at USIP; Shukria Dellawar, legislative and policy manager for the prevention of violent conflict at the Friends Committee on National Legislation; Naomi Kikoler, director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for the Prevention of Genocide https://www.usip.org/events/preventing-mass-atrocities-afghanistanTUESDAY | JUNE 7"
Positive
2% Conservative
"The RundownWashington Examiner: US to provide more advanced rocket systems and munitions to Ukraine, Biden saysWashington Examiner: Ukrainian forces withdrawing from key city in Donbas mostly under Russian controlWashington Examiner: NATO chief traveling to DC to meet with top Biden officialsWashington Examiner: Two Russian soldiers sentenced for 'violating the laws of war' in UkraineWashington Examiner: SEE IT: Russian soldier gives drone middle finger before it drops bombWashington Examiner: Russia's top commander in Ukraine hasn't been seen in two weeks:"
Negative
-2% Liberal
"The RundownWashington Examiner: US to provide more advanced rocket systems and munitions to Ukraine, Biden saysWashington Examiner: Ukrainian forces withdrawing from key city in Donbas mostly under Russian controlWashington Examiner: NATO chief traveling to DC to meet with top Biden officialsWashington Examiner: Two Russian soldiers sentenced for 'violating the laws of war' in UkraineWashington Examiner: SEE IT: Russian soldier gives drone middle finger before it drops bombWashington Examiner: Russia's top commander in Ukraine hasn't been seen in two weeks:"
Negative
-2% Liberal
"The White House has been bracing for a possible new nuclear weapons test from North Korea, and the Biden administration says it will push for additional U.N. sanctions if a test is conducted."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Our intelligence does reflect the genuine possibility that there will be either a further missile tests -- including a long-range missile test or a nuclear test or, frankly, both, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters May 18."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Biden described the provision of advanced U.S. weaponry as designed to give Ukraine the strongest possible position at the negotiating table, he insisted he will not pressure Ukraine to give up more of its sovereign territory."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"The White House thought North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might order the test while Biden was traveling in Asia, but it didn't happen."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Kirby had been a Pentagon and State Department spokesman during the Obama administration and returned to the Pentagon at the begiing of the Biden administration."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Kirby had been a Pentagon and State Department spokesman during the Obama administration and returned to the Pentagon at the begiing of the Biden administration."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"REPORT'NO INDICATION' RUSSIA PLANS TO USE NUKES: Biden also attempted to tamp down fears that Russia might resort to the use of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons under its doctrine of escalate to de-escalate."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"We currently see no indication that Russia has intent to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, though Russia's occasional rhetoric to rattle the nuclear saber is itself dangerous and extremely irresponsible, Biden writes."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"President Joe Biden, in an attempt to give Ukraine just enough firepower to blunt the Russian offensive, but not enough to spark a wider war, has approved sending Ukraine longer range artillery systems, while withholding the longest range rockets."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"It would be wrong and contrary to well-settled principles to do so, Biden writes, while suggesting the war could end with something less than the total expulsion of Russian troops from Ukrainian soil."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"US TO PROVIDE MORE ADVANCED ROCKET SYSTEMS AND MUNITIONS TO UKRAINE, BIDEN SAYSBIDEN WILL NOT PRESS UKRAINE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY:"
Negative
-52% Liberal
"US TO PROVIDE MORE ADVANCED ROCKET SYSTEMS AND MUNITIONS TO UKRAINE, BIDEN SAYSBIDEN WILL NOT PRESS UKRAINE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY:"
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : After Mid-Air Collision Takes Out Two EnginesNew York Times: Putin's Shadow Soldiers: How The Wagner Group Is Expanding In AfricaBloomberg: U.S. Warms to Defense Talks With China, Dropping Protocol DisputeMilitary Times: VA hospital denied emergency care to dying vet because staff couldn't verify his military serviceArmy Times: Sexual misconduct prevention in the Army is 'disjointed' and 'unclear,' watchdog saysThe Dispatch: Opinion: Don't Let Iran Humiliate the IAEA Again19fortyfive.com: Could Israel Really Destroy Iran's Nuclear Facilities in a Strike?19fortyfive.com: How Much of a Threat are Iran's Drones?
46% : "We have every right to expect those countries, which will expect NATO's second-largest army to come to their defense under Article 5, to prevent the recruitment, fundraising and propaganda activities of the PKK, which the European Union and America consider a terrorist entity.""Furthermore, Turkey stresses that all forms of arms embargoes -- such as the one Sweden has imposed on my country -- are incompatible with the spirit of military partnership under the NATO umbrella," Erdogan argues.

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