{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The figure exceeds the combined total of George W. 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The figure includes 17 ambassadors and 40 senior officials across the executive branch, as reported by the Associated Press and Washington Top News."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The report states that the number of ultra-rich officials in the Trump administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents. George W. Bush and Joe Biden each had five officials worth $100 million or more, while Barack Obama had three, according to Public Citizen."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, said the concentration of wealth among officials raises concerns about whose interests the government serves. \"When the people holding the reins of government are drawn overwhelmingly from the ranks of the ultra-rich, it leads to misplaced incentives and corruption,\" she said, as quoted by the Associated Press and Washington Top News."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The report does not include Trump, whose net worth Forbes estimates at over $6 billion, or Elon Musk, who advised Trump on reducing the federal government’s size and scope. Musk’s net worth is estimated at about $860 billion."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No right-rated outlet ran the story, according to the reports printed below. 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