Press panic: Tougher coverage of Biden as he increasingly trails Trump

  • Bias Rating

    26% Moderately Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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"The Washington Post: Democrats are growing increasingly anxious about the state of President Biden's reelection campaign, concerned the president and his political team are ignoring warning signs and not taking action to correct course."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Biden drew widespread praise for leading a western coalition after Russia brutally attacked its neighbor, but as the war drifts toward stalemate, many Republicans say the money should be spent at home."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Biden is also hemorrhaging support among black voters, a crucial part of his base."
Positive
4% Conservative
"But a Biden-Trump rematch, president vs. president, would pit two extremely well-known politicians against each other, with public opinion largely settled."
Positive
2% Conservative
"I think it's fair to say that the coverage of Joe Biden's nearly three years in office has been largely sympathetic, with the exceptions of the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan and a spate of stories about his age."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"But that has abruptly changed, with some pundits openly urging Biden to drop out of the race, while others lambaste him and his campaign or offer advice on how to salvage his candidacy."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"RASHIDA TLAIB FOR ANTI-ISRAEL REMARKSAfter four weeks of terror and retaliation in Israel and Gaza, and 20 months of war in Ukraine, the New York Times says, President Biden is confronting the limits of his leverage in the two international conflicts defining his presidency."
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-10% Liberal
"And a majority of Democrats who want him to retire often cite the 80-year-old president's age, even though Trump is 77."
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-12% Liberal
"For the mainstream media, the unthinkable has become all too plausible: Donald Trump could win a second term."
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-16% Liberal
"No less a figure than top Obama aide David Axelrod has strongly suggested that Biden consider pulling the plug if it's in the country's best interest, adding there is a lot of leadership talent in the Democratic Party poised to emerge."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"No less a figure than top Obama aide David Axelrod has strongly suggested that Biden consider pulling the plug if it's in the country's best interest, adding there is a lot of leadership talent in the Democratic Party poised to emerge."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"The Washington Post: Democrats are growing increasingly anxious about the state of President Biden's reelection campaign, concerned the president and his political team are ignoring warning signs and not taking action to correct course."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Nothing has seemed to work for Biden."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"But Amtrak Joe got almost no airtime because the cable networks were almost wall-to-wall with Trump testifying at his civil fraud trial-and repeatedly slamming the judge and state attorney general to reporters in what has become part of his campaign."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"TOP BIDEN ALLY, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGISTS SOUND ALARM OVER TRUMP'S ELECTION CHANCES: 'WE SHOULD BE TERRIFIED'Politico: Several prominent Democrats close to the campaign, granted anonymity to speak more freely about internal operations, said discussions are taking place among Biden brass about how much to prioritize positive campaigning over negative."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"One positive note in the poll: 6 percent of voters said they would abandon Trump if he is convicted before Election Day."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Political analyst Amy Walter notes that Trump's share of the vote in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pesylvania is almost identical to what he got in 2020, while Biden has dropped as much as 7 points compared to last time."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Political analyst Amy Walter notes that Trump's share of the vote in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pesylvania is almost identical to what he got in 2020, while Biden has dropped as much as 7 points compared to last time."
Positive
2% Conservative
"But there's an equally powerful reason that Biden is losing ground."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPConservatives are increasingly opposing continued U.S. aid to Ukraine, and new House Speaker Mike Johnson refused the president's attempt to link military assistance to both allies, passing an Israel-only bill destined to fail."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The New York Times/Siena College poll, showing Trump leading by 4 to 10 points in five out of six key swing states, has been like rocket fuel for the Biden-is-doomed crowd."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The New York Times/Siena College poll, showing Trump leading by 4 to 10 points in five out of six key swing states, has been like rocket fuel for the Biden-is-doomed crowd."
Positive
6% Conservative
"But as the media's focus has shifted to rising civilian casualties in Gaza, the Rashida Tlaib wing of the Democratic Party is accusing Biden of supporting genocide."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"All this amounts to a very rough season for Joe Biden."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"I would argue that while it's fine for Biden to attack Trump, as he occasionally has, the media spend so much time pounding away at him and his legal troubles that the negative information is already baked into the cake."
Positive
0% Conservative
"I would argue that while it's fine for Biden to attack Trump, as he occasionally has, the media spend so much time pounding away at him and his legal troubles that the negative information is already baked into the cake."
Positive
0% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : The Washington Post: "Democrats are growing increasingly anxious about the state of President Biden's reelection campaign, concerned the president and his political team are ignoring warning signs and not taking action to correct course.

*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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