President Trump surprised reporters last week when he appeared on the White House roof. He answered questions shouted by the media as he got a bird’s eye view of renovations he’s planning on the grounds, including construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. Our analysts rated media coverage of the event in our Topic of the Week.

ABC News and UPI provided the most minimally biased and fact-based coverage from our content set. Both articles describe Trump’s appearance on the roof and the answers he gave to media questions about his planned construction projects on the White House grounds. Our analysts found the articles to be “simple fact reporting” with “middle/balanced” bias.

Articles from Daily Caller and New Republic were found to be “analysis.” The Daily Caller article uses Trump’s appearance on the roof as proof that he will take media questions from “just about anywhere,” comparing Trump’s relationship with the media to President Biden’s during his presidency. The article was rated with a “skews right” bias.

The New Republic article recounts Trump’s day, which began with him spinning a “web of lies” about labor statistics and later appearing on the White House roof, where he oversaw plans to bring his “‘dictator chic’ design taste to the People’s House.” The article compares Trump’s appearance with that of President Carter, noting that unlike Carter, Trump “was sure to make himself the center of attention.” Analysts gave the article a “skews left” bias rating.

The two videos in this week’s content set were rated as “selective or incomplete/unfair persuasion.” On his YouTube channel, Benny Johnson narrates other video clips showing Trump walking around on the roof. Johnson says Trump has “made good on his promises to reinvigorate the White House.” Trump said that he was “building nuclear missiles” on the roof, an apparent joke that Johnson’s video and its headline implies is fact. The video, which begins with an AI-generated clip of Trump dancing on a courtroom table, was given a bias rating of “skews right.”

Meanwhile, Keith Edwards says on his YouTube channel that Trump “has lost his mind” and is building missiles on the roof after recently “sending nuclear missiles to Russia.” Edwards asks, “Does this make you feel safe?” He describes a gesture made by Trump while he “wanders” on the roof as “Nazi-ish” and ends the video by speculating that Trump wants to run for a third term as president. Analysts found this video to have a “strong left” bias.

Want to compare your own bias and reliability ratings with those from our analysts? Watch for new Topics of the Week on our website each Monday. Then come back on Wednesday to see how our team rated articles and videos about the topic!