Dr. Katie

Dr. Katie is a journalist with a focus on technology and science reporting. She has written for various publications including IFLScience, where she has covered topics such as Microsoft's new AI product and the effects of long-COVID on exercise capacity. Her writing style is characterized by strong opinions, emotional language, and a tendency towards sensationalism.

Biography:  https://www.iflscience.com/the-surprising-sad-and-true-story-behind-the-elephant-man-65961

76%

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 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

75%

Examples:

  • The author expresses strong opinions and emotions in the articles provided, indicating a potential bias towards sensationalism and fear-mongering.
  • The author uses loaded language to describe Microsoft's new AI product as a 'dystopian nightmare' without providing sufficient evidence.

Conflicts of Interest

90%

Examples:

  • The author has a clear conflict of interest in the first article as they express strong opinions against Microsoft's new AI product without disclosing any potential financial or personal motivations.

Contradictions

70%

Examples:

  • In the first article, the author states that users can limit when screenshots are taken by Microsoft's new AI product. However, in the second article, it is mentioned that all participants were working age, fit, and healthy before catching COVID-19 but none had become sick enough to be hospitalized or have any underlying health issues.
  • The author states that long COVID does not appear to be caused by lingering coronavirus particles in the body but later reports that biopsies taken after the exercise session confirmed that long COVID patients' mitochondria were functioning worse than before and showing signs of severe tissue damage.

Deceptions

65%

Examples:

  • The author states that all participants were working age, fit, and healthy before catching COVID-19 but later reports that none had become sick enough to be hospitalized or have any underlying health issues. This contradicts the information provided earlier in the article.
  • The title of the first article suggests that long-COVID can cause muscle fatigue after exercise, however this is not supported by any evidence presented in the article.

Recent Articles

UK Data Protection Authority Investigates Microsoft's Recall AI Feature over Privacy Concerns

UK Data Protection Authority Investigates Microsoft's Recall AI Feature over Privacy Concerns

Broke On: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is investigating Microsoft's new AI feature, Recall, over privacy concerns. The feature takes screenshots of a user's active screen and saves them locally for later retrieval. The ICO expects organizations to be transparent about data usage and only process personal data necessary. Recall raises concerns among privacy campaigners as it could potentially be a 'privacy nightmare'. Microsoft states that snapshots are kept on users' local hard disks with encryption, but sensitive information is not hidden. The controversy comes after Microsoft faced scrutiny over user data and privacy handling in 2023.
Long COVID Patients Suffer from Post-Exertional Malaise Due to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Muscle Damage

Long COVID Patients Suffer from Post-Exertional Malaise Due to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Muscle Damage

Broke On: Saturday, 13 January 2024 A new study reveals how long COVID patients suffer from post-exertional malaise, a condition caused by mitochondrial dysfunction that leads to muscle pain, fatigue and cognitive problems after physical activity. The research shows evidence of severe muscle damage, immune imbalance and microclot formation in long COVID patients, as well as reduced energy production and oxygen uptake by their cells.