WEIS Article RatingMembers of Congress, White House push for answers about Lloyd Austin's hospitalization - WEIS | Local & Area News, Sports, & Weather
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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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| "We are deeply troubled by the apparent breakdown in communications between your office and the rest of the Department of Defense, the White House, and Congress over the past two weeks, Wicker wrote in a letter to Austin sent Wednesday." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "It is unacceptable that neither the Department of Defense ('Department'), the White House, nor the Congress were accurately informed of your position or capacity, Rogers wrote in the letters." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Sen. Roger Wicker, the ranking Republican in the Senate Armed Services Committee, has requested that Pentagon officials who were involved in the notification process respond to his committee by Jan. 19 and answer questions related to the timing and notifications of Austin's hospitalization and who made the decisions not to notify the White House and other senior Pentagon leaders." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "On Tuesday, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., aounced that he was also requesting answers from the Defense Department about the lack of transparency about Austin's hospitalization." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "We are deeply troubled by the apparent breakdown in communications between your office and the rest of the Department of Defense, the White House, and Congress over the past two weeks, Wicker wrote in a letter to Austin sent Wednesday." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Rogers wrote three letters to Austin, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Austin's chief of staff Kelly Magsamen requesting information regarding the events surrounding Austin's hospitalization." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "It is unacceptable that neither the Department of Defense ('Department'), the White House, nor the Congress were accurately informed of your position or capacity, Rogers wrote in the letters." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The White House and President Joe Biden did not learn until Tuesday that Austin had prostate cancer and that complications from a surgical procedure to treat it had resulted in his ongoing hospitalization at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday.Kirby told ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang on Wednesday that Austin is a key member of this administration, so we were all very curious as to what put him in the hospital." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Pointedly, Smith said it's his view, after discussing the matter with Pentagon officials, that Austin bares the sole responsibility for the lack of disclosure." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Wicker labeled Austin's initial public statement last week as wholly insufficient." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Further, the apparent failure to even notify your lawful successor in this case is a massive failure of judgment and negligence, Wicker wrote in a letter signed by all the Republicans on the committee." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "This is on Secretary Austin, not his team, Smith said." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, told ABC News' Steven Portnoy on Wednesday that he is not ready to join Deluzio in calling for Austin to resign, but said it's not an irrational conclusion to believe that the secretary should step down." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "It is an intolerable breach of trust with the American people at a dangerous moment for U.S. national security, wrote Wicker." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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47% : "We are deeply troubled by the apparent breakdown in communications between your office and the rest of the Department of Defense, the White House, and Congress over the past two weeks," Wicker wrote in a letter to Austin sent Wednesday.47% : "It is unacceptable that neither the Department of Defense ('Department'), the White House, nor the Congress were accurately informed of your position or capacity," Rogers wrote in the letters.
*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.