George Santos claimed to be one of the first people in the US diagnosed with COVID-19. That looks to be bogus too.

  • Bias Rating

    -92% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    92% 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.

Sentiments

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"On the day that Santos said he received his positive test, and was bedridden with a fever, his campaign put out a press release on the unfolding COVID crisis, including a quote from Santos."
Positive
10% Conservative
"On the day that Santos said he received his positive test, and was bedridden with a fever, his campaign put out a press release on the unfolding COVID crisis, including a quote from Santos."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Meanwhile, in a September 2020 interview with local outlet The Island Now, Santos said the hospital only provided him with a recommendation of taking Advil or Aleve."
Positive
8% Conservative
"And on March 5, 2021, Santos posted on Twitter that it was his aiversary of being admitted to hospital for COVID-19 -- six days earlier than the initial date he gave."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The Washington Post journalist Dan Diamond was the first to report on his personal Substack that there were discrepancies in dates and details in Santos' retelling of his coronavirus diagnosis."
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-2% Liberal
"Santos said he was taken to a hospital in Queens, New York, by ambulance and spent around five hours there in isolation."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Four days later, Santos appeared on Fox Business, showing no signs of the disease."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Insider contacted Santos' office for comment but did not immediately receive a response."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"The first case of COVID-19 in New York was confirmed on March 1, 2020, and Santos claimed in a conservative podcast that he became symptomatic with the virus just over a week later."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"In recent weeks, Santos has been accused of lying about his employment, educational history, and heritage."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Rep. George Santos has been accused of fabricating much of his life story, and the hits keep on coming."
Negative
-46% Liberal

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