Ernesto Londoño

Ernesto Londoño is a reporter for The New York Times based in Minnesota, covering news in the Midwest and keeping a close eye on drug use and counternarcotics policy. He has a broad range of interests and is deeply interested in the intersection of mental health and drug use. His background includes working at The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, and The New York Times' correspondent in Brazil. He joined the Midwest team in 2023 after working on a book project about medicinal psychedelics. In addition to English, he speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Londoño takes pride in helping uphold The Times' standards of integrity and professionalism outlined in their Ethical Journalism Handbook.

Biography:  https://www.nytimes.com/by/ernesto-londono

94%

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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

98%

Examples:

  • Ernesto Londoño tends to present balanced reporting in his articles.

Conflicts of Interest

98%

Examples:

  • The author has a personal connection to the topics he covers as he was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia.

Contradictions

94%

Examples:

  • Dozens of wildfires are burning in Canada, mostly in British Columbia and Alberta.
  • Mary Moriarty dropped murder charges against Ryan Londregan despite months of defending the charges.
  • Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached Minnesota and Wisconsin on Sunday and Monday.

Deceptions

90%

Examples:

  • But we don't think it will be quite as extreme.
  • We're expecting a pretty active wildfire season in Canada,

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