Eric Garcia

Eric Garcia is the Washington bureau chief and senior Washington Correspondent at the Independent. He joined the Independent in July 2021. He covers the White House, Congress, campaigns and money in politics. He co-authors the Inside Washington newsletter. He is also an MSNBC columnist who appears regularly on TV and radio. He is the author of the book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation and is the recipient of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network's Harriet McBryde Johnson Prize for Nonfiction Writing.

Biography:  https://www.independent.co.uk/author/eric-garcia

68%

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:
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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:

  • Bob Vander Plaats: “needs to convince those who are supporting Nikki Haley, listen, you want an alternative to Trump? I’m your guy.”
  • Eric Levine: “he just seems to be fighting with Disney,”
  • Francis Rooney: “Trump’s base support kind of doubled when they started all these indictments,”

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • Eric Levine: “he just seems to be fighting with Disney,”
  • The article presents DeSantis as a coward who failed to take on Trump when in reality, he was never able to gain traction against him due to his failure to distinguish himself during his tenure in Congress and lack of personality.

Contradictions

3%

Examples:

  • Flair's quote is presented as a reason for DeSantis not being able to gain traction against Trump but ignores other factors such as his failure to distinguish himself and lack of personability.
  • Ric Flair: To be the man, you gotta beat the man.
  • The article presents DeSantis as a coward who failed to take on Trump when in reality, he was never able to gain traction against him due to his failure to distinguish himself during his tenure in Congress and lack of personality.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • Flair's quote is presented as a reason for DeSantis not being able to gain traction against Trump but ignores other factors such as his failure to distinguish himself and lack of personability.
  • Rooney's quote is presented as evidence of DeSantis' problem with Trump support but it is simply an observation about the state of play at the time.
  • The article presents DeSantis as a coward who failed to take on Trump when in reality, he was never able to gain traction against him due to his failure to distinguish himself during his tenure in Congress and lack of personality.

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