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Bessent moves to military base after Iranian threats
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved from his Washington-area home to a military base after Iranian threats against his life, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.[4, 5, 18 +1] Bessent has spearheaded the administration's economic pressure campaign against Iran, including efforts to cut off cash to Iran's Revolutionary Guard since August.[2, 4, 37]
Al Jazeera reported that Iran is said to have geo-located Bessent's $12.5m Washington, DC mansion after a photo of it was published.[34] The move comes as the Justice Department said late Tuesday that three Iranian nationals have been indicted on terrorism-related charges.[11]
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How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 30 rated outlets that covered it, 5 are left of center, 11 are center and 14 are right of center (13 of them in the Right group). 4 more are not rated.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19), International Business Times (−0.14), CBS News (−0.14), Mediaite (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), Fox News (+1.52), IJR (+1.52), Blaze Media (+1.71), Townhall (+2.01), Breitbart (+2.03), The Daily Wire (+2.07), The Western Journal (+2.13), The Daily Signal (+2.20), One America News Network (+2.69), Conservative Review (+2.76), The Right Scoop (+3.11).
Not rated Al Jazeera, NewsNation, BBC News, Los Angeles Times. Not placed: they have no lean score.
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