Samantha Schmidt,

Samantha Schmidt is an experienced journalist who currently serves as the Bogotá bureau chief for The Washington Post, covering all of Spanish-speaking South America. She has a background in reporting on gender and family issues, with a focus on the LGBTQ community. Prior to joining The Post in 2016, she worked as a reporter on the Morning Mix team and as a reporting fellow for The New York Times. Her work often involves uncovering biases, conflicts of interest, contradictions, and deceptive practices in order to provide accurate and insightful reports on current events.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/samantha-schmidt/

84%

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

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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

88%

Examples:

  • Maduro has barred the opposition's chosen candidate, arrested campaign workers and blocked access to state media
  • The country's opposition, long fractured and suffocated by the autocratic government, sees its best chance in more than a decade to unseat the strongman

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • Despite these obstacles, the opposition believes they can win by a landslide.
  • Former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition's candidate, is predicted to beat Maduro by double digits.
  • If Maduro loses at the polls, he is not expected to willingly cede power.

Deceptions

65%

Examples:

  • Edmundo Gonzalez was unknown to most Venezuelans just months ago.

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