Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Houston, Texas Red states Education: Harvard College, BA Social Studies, 1999 Molly Hennessy-Fiske has reported from Texas for the past decade. She also worked at newspapers in California, Florida, North Carolina, Washington D.C. and her hometown of Syracuse, N.Y. Latest from Molly Hennessy-Fiske Post ReportsNex Benedict and the rising threat to LGBTQ kids

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/molly-hennessy-fiske/

73%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The author uses language that demonizes those who oppose abortion and portrays them as extreme or unreasonable.
  • The phrase 'babies lives matter' is used to describe protesters outside the clinic

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • Paxton was charged nearly a decade ago, accused of defrauding investors at a Dallas-area tech company by not disclosing that he was paid by the company to recruit them.
  • Special prosecutors have been working with Paxton’s attorneys in recent weeks to resolve the charges before an April 15 trial date.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • He had previously pleaded not guilty.
  • Texas AG Ken Paxton was charged nearly a decade ago, accused of defrauding investors at a Dallas-area tech company by not disclosing that he was paid by the company to recruit them.

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), a conservative firebrand acquitted last year in a historic impeachment trial.
  • Lt. Nick Boatman uses quotes to suggest that investigators found no note from Nex but this is unclear in his statement as he only mentions that the medical examiner had previously said Nex's death was not caused by trauma suffered during a fight with another student.

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