Robert Booth

Robert Booth is social affairs correspondent of the Guardian. Twitter @Robert_Booth February 2024 Social affairs correspondent Robert Booth tells Madeleine Finlay why a class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes, first developed in the 1950s, is leading to a worrying number of fatal overdoses in the UK. And she hears from toxicology and addiction specialist Dr Joseph D’Orazio about a tranquilliser called xylazine that has been showing up in alarming volumes in the US illegal drug supply and is now starting to appear in toxicology reports in the UK Podcast Published: 20 Feb 2024

Biography:  https://www.theguardian.com/profile/robertbooth

63%

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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:

  • <br> The falling wellbeing scores for North America contradicts a well-established notion
  • Young people becoming less happy than older generations

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • In an interview under oath
  • The most interesting details came from excerpts of depositions involving Giuffre

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • <br> Prince Andrew had sex with a minor at Ghislaine Maxwell's flat in London and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands
  • Prince Andrew is accused of having sexual relations with a minor at Ghislaine Maxwell's flat in London, New York, and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • <br> The witness claims to have seen Prince Andrew touching Jane Doe #3's breast, which has been denied by Buckingham Palace
  • Ghislaine Maxwell claimed she could only remember one occasion when Prince Andrew was at Little Saint James Island but later admitted there were girls on the island at that time

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