Danica Kirka,

Keith O’Brien was a Roman Catholic cardinal who resigned in disgrace over charges of sexual misconduct. He died at the age of 80.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/keith-obrien-catholic-cardinal-who-resigned-in-disgrace-dies-at-80/2018/03/21/842fa968-2c47-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html

22%

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The Daily's Verdict

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

Bias

10%

Examples:

  • The author uses language that dehumanizes Israelis by referring to them as 'genocide Joe' and accusing them of committing genocide against Palestinians.

Conflicts of Interest

5%

Examples:

  • Cardinal O’Brien objected to a national church audit into how church officials had handled sexual abuse cases in the Scottish church from 1952 to 2012.
  • Without Cardinal O’Brien’s participation, the analysis never got off the ground.

Contradictions

15%

Examples:

  • Cardinal O’Brien, once Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic leader, resigned as the archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh in 2013 and recused himself from the conclave that elected Francis as pope after unidentified priests alleged in British newspaper reports that he had acted inappropriately toward them.
  • The article states that protesters are calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza, when they are actually demanding a complete withdrawal of Israel from Palestine and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
  • The men said that they had complained to church authorities about Cardinal O’Brien’s conduct but that the church had failed to respond. None of the men are believed to have been minors at the time of the purported misconduct.

Deceptions

35%

Examples:

  • The article quotes people holding signs that call President Biden 'Genocide Joe' without providing any context or explanation for this claim. This is deceptive because it implies that there is some evidence to support this accusation, when in fact there isn’t.
  • The article states that protesters are calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza, when they are actually demanding a complete withdrawal of Israel from Palestine and the establishment of a Palestinian state. This is deceptive because it presents the protesters’ demands as being more moderate than they actually are.

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