Washington Examiner: Trump offers $8 billion bailout to farmers facing record-high diesel prices

Lehrer score 70/100 (−12 loaded wording: loaded word in its headline: “$8 billion bailout to farmers”; −18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: unsourced figure: “As of Tuesday, the national average for diesel remains at a record $6.31 per gallon.”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → C.

Unsourced price figure: “$8 billion bailout to farmers”; “As of Tuesday, the national average for diesel remains at a record $6.31 per gallon.”.

Agrees: Announced at a Kansas rally; FSA to administer

Splits: Quotes Trump's “When Republicans win” post

• Met. Rule: assume there is at least one other side (notes bipartisan pushback on the Russia diesel deal)
• Broken. Rule: do not distort, lie, slant or hype (“$8 billion bailout to farmers”)
• Broken. Rule: do nothing I cannot defend (attribute every figure) (“As of Tuesday, the national average for diesel remains at a record $6.31 per gallon.”)

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