By Justin

Justin McLeod is a dating app entrepreneur who founded and runs Hinge. He started the company in 2012 with the goal of creating an accessible, easy-to-use dating app for younger people. In addition to his work at Hinge, Justin has also been involved in various other business ventures.

Biography:  https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53005892

49%

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 has a poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

75%

Examples:

  • Human-induced climate change has made the extreme heat 10 times more likely
  • The article claims that climate change is a key reason for the rise in chocolate Easter egg prices this year. However, it fails to provide any evidence to support this claim and only mentions that cocoa crops have been affected by extreme heatwaves caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

Conflicts of Interest

12%

Examples:

  • Human-induced climate change has made the extreme heat 10 times more likely
  • Most chocolate is made from cocoa grown in West Africa, but a humid heatwave has blasted the crops and massively cut yields.
  • The article does not mention any conflicts of interest.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Most chocolate is made from cocoa grown in West Africa, but a humid heatwave has blasted the crops and massively cut yields. Human-induced climate change has made the extreme heat 10 times more likely.
  • The shortage of cocoa resulting from the heatwave has seen prices soar to almost $8,500 (£6,700) a tonne this week.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • Human-induced climate change has made the extreme heat 10 times more likely
  • The article claims that climate change is a key reason for the rise in chocolate Easter egg prices this year. However, it fails to provide any evidence to support this claim and only mentions that cocoa crops have been affected by extreme heatwaves caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

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Cocoa Prices Skyrocket Due to Climate Change, Crop Disease and Smuggling in Ghana and Ivory Coast

Broke On: Tuesday, 19 March 2024 Cocoa prices have soared due to climate change, disease, and smuggling. This has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, causing cocoa beans to be in short supply. Prices have more than doubled over the last year and are projected to grow faster than 4% annually for chocolate products.

COP28 Host UAE Accused of Planning Fossil Fuel Deals Amid Climate Talks

Broke On: Monday, 27 November 2023 The UAE, host of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, is accused of planning to use the event to negotiate fossil fuel deals. The president of COP28, Dr. Sultan al-Jaber, also serves as the CEO of the UAE's state oil company, ADNOC, and its renewable energy company, Masdar. The leaked documents suggest discussions of oil and gas commercial interests with 15 nations. The COP28 presidency has denied these claims, calling the documents 'inaccurate'.