Marty Schladen

Marty Schladen has been a reporter for decades, working in Indiana, Texas and other places before returning to his native Ohio to work at The Columbus Dispatch in 2017. He's won state and national journalism awards for investigations into utility regulation, public corruption, the environment, prescription drug spending and other matters.

Biography:  https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/author/marty-schladen/

92%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

80%

Examples:

  • In the article 'Despite one response, recent polling indicates abortion-rights amendment has a good chance', the author uses phrases such as 'As horror stories stemming from enforcement of such laws proliferated' which could be seen as an attempt to evoke an emotional response and bias the reader against those who oppose the amendment.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

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Deceptions

100%

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Recent Articles

Ohio Voters to Decide on Constitutional Amendment for Abortion Rights

Broke On: Tuesday, 31 October 2023 Ohio voters are set to decide on a constitutional amendment, known as Issue 1, that could potentially reshape reproductive rights in the state. The amendment has drawn attention from national groups and over $60 million in combined spending. Recent polling indicates that the amendment has a good chance of passing.