Democratic Underground Article RatingTrump just chose Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense
- Bias Rating
- Reliability
25% ReliableLimited
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Right
- Politician Portrayal
-42% Negative
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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
-8% Negative
- Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
45% : Shortly before Trump announced his decision, Hegseth suggested that Trump was about to take "imminent action" in the cases.37% : At the same time, Hegseth was discussing these cases on Fox News without disclosing that he had advised Trump to pardon them.
34% : He also called on Trump to bomb the Iranian homeland, including cultural sites if they were storing weapons.
33% : The Daily Beast and CNN later reported that Hegseth had for months sought to convince Trump to pardon these individuals.
27% : In May 2019, it was reported that Trump was considering pardoning several US military service members who had been charged with war crimes, including a veteran set to stand trial for shooting indiscriminately at civilians, hitting a girl and an elderly man, as well as fatally stabbing a captured teenage Islamic State (ISIS) member while he was receiving medical treatment.
23% : In November 2019, Trump pardoned three service members accused or convicted of war crimes.
*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.
