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6 articles mention Scott Bessent in the last 7 days (Oct 20 to Oct 26).
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| Fox Business | Bessent compares Obama library to 'Darth Vader's tomb' after ex-president criticized White House renovationsFox Business Scott Bessent fired back at Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory quip by dining at the chain and comparing the Obama Presidential Center to Darth Vader. | 0.80● | |
| CNBC | Bessent dines at Cheesecake Factory, slams Obama over Trump jokeCNBC Cheesecake Factory has emerged as a campaign talking point before next week's election, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dining there Monday. | 0.60● | |
| Fox Business | Scott Bessent says Iran's economy is 'collapsing' as Treasury tightens financial viseFox Business Secretary Scott Bessent says Iran's regime is desperate as the Trump administration targets airline travel and billions of dollars in banking transactions. | 0.80● | |
| The Free Press | The Last Essay?Paid postThe Free Press Robots are really good writers now. Don’t believe me? You will by the end of this piece, writes Max Raskin. Earlier this year, billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal attacking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Except he didn’t. Almost immediately after publishing, Druckenmiller admitted that he used AI to write the piece. For most readers, this was a forgettable story about either the power of AI or a newsworthy billionaire getting away with a shade of plagiarism. But for those who write for a living, this was one of those watershed moments. | 0.30 | |
| Semafor | US Treasury Secretary Bessent dismisses AI bubble fearsSemafor Bessent shrugged off the possibility of “systemic” economic risks stemming from the AI boom. | 0.80● | |
| Newsmax | Bessent Sees No Spillover From French Bond TurmoilNewsmax Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that he does not expect turmoil in France's bond market to spill over into U.S. markets, expressing confidence in the country's economic leadership while pointing to investor demand for U.S. government debt. | 0.70● |
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| CNBC | 0.3% | 1 | 328 |
| Semafor | 0.6% | 1 | 170 |
| Fox Business | 3.2% | 2 | 63 |
| The Free Press | 2.6% | 1 | 39 |
| Newsmax | 0.3% | 1 | 293 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning3 of 15 sources
- 0.4%
Lean index +3.9: covered more by right-leaning outlets
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