Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds

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How did the left and right cover Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds?

Of the 39 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 36% are rated left, 46% are rated centre, 18% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 67. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 39 rated outlets on this story, 36% are rated left, 46% are rated centre, 18% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds biased?

Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds is one event reported by 67 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Trump administration has 57 officials worth at least $100m, report finds?

67 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

How many officials in Trump’s administration are worth at least $100 million?

Public Citizen’s report states 57 officials in Donald Trump’s administration are worth at least $100 million. This includes 17 ambassadors and 40 senior officials across the executive branch, as reported by the Associated Press and Washington Top News.

How does this compare to previous administrations?

The number of ultra-rich officials in Trump’s administration is more than four times the combined total of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Bush and Biden each had five officials worth $100 million or more, while Obama had three, according to Public Citizen.

Which outlets reported on the story?

The story was reported by four left-rated outlets (Associated Press, Seattle Times, Seattle Pi, The Hamilton Spectator) and five centre-rated outlets (Washington Top News, Audacy, WKMG, The Record, Winnipeg Free Press). No right-rated outlet carried it, according to the reports below.