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ABC7 News Article Rating

Trump, without evidence, appears to blame FAA DEI programs as factor in collision

Jan 30, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    38% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -28% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : But when a reporter pressed him, saying that similar language on DEI policies existed on the FAA's website under Trump's entire first term, Trump shot back, "I changed the Obama policy, and we had a very good policy and then Biden came in and he changed it.
48% : " Trump called Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary in the Biden administration, "bulls---," and said he had "run [the Department of Transportation] right into the ground with his diversity."
22% : RELATED: 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash "I put safety first, Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first, and they put politics at a level that nobody's ever seen," Trump told reporters in the White House briefing room, referring to the policies, even as the investigation into what happened is just getting underway.
22% : " RELATED: Trump says no survivors after midair collision between passenger jet and military helicopter When asked by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce whether he was saying the crash was the result of diversity hiring, Trump said, "we don't know" what caused the crash, adding investigators are still looking into that.

*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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