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Peter Baker

News · Chief White House correspondent · @peterbakernyt on X

Chief White House correspondent for The New York Times since 2016 after 20 years at The Washington Post. Author of several presidential histories; has written that he does not vote or support candidates.

Previously: The Washington Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC (analyst)

Slant Score · ranked #140 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.

The receipts (3)

Broke with own side · served the right · +1.7 R · Jul 26, 2023

Says Biden's Hunter narrative 'harder to make'

On MSNBC Baker said of Joe Biden's 2020 statements about Hunter Biden's business dealings: 'I think that narrative is a little harder to make right now.'

Source: Fox News →
Broke with own side · served the right · +1.7 R · Nov 1, 2022

Reported Biden 'verbally fumbles, twice'

Baker's article 'Biden Verbally Fumbles, Twice, During Campaign Trip in Florida' drew criticism from liberal commentators who said the episodes were not gaffes.

Source: Fox News →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.3 L · Sep 24, 2017

News analysis calls Trump 'deacon of divisiveness'

In the news analysis 'A Divider, Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach,' Baker wrote that 'Mr. Trump has made himself America's apostle of anger, its deacon of divisiveness.' Fox News cited it as an example of bias.

Source: Fox News →
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