Outlet track record
Associated Press (via U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. center to lean-left
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LeaningU.S. center to lean-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun