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The Seattle Times Article Rating

19th-century 'witness tree' removed from White House grounds

Apr 09, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -34% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-12% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : " After removal of the tree, its historic wood, Trump said, would "be preserved by the White House Staff, and may be used for other high and noble purposes!!!
43% : " In a posting on his Truth Social account, Trump spoke of working to preserve and protect the White House's history.

*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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