Christian Shepherd,

Christian Shepherd is China correspondent for The Washington Post. He previously covered the country for the Financial Times and Reuters from Beijing.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/christian-shepherd/

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:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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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:

  • Beijing's intelligence and military groups are carrying out large-scale cyber intrusions against foreign governments
  • U.S. intelligence officials see China as the greatest long-term threat to American security
  • We rarely get such unfettered access to the inner workings of any intelligence operation

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The company was seeking more time to come up with a restructuring plan
  • Xiao En was trying to continue normal operations and safeguard 'the legitimate rights and interests of creditors both at home and abroad'

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Evergrande has been struggling for almost two years, but this information is not disclosed until the end of the article which makes it seem like they have only been trying to avoid bankruptcy for a short period of time.
  • The company was seeking more time to come up with a restructuring plan but after 18 months without progress, Justice Linda Chan said Monday that 'enough is enough' and ordered it to liquidate.

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • The article states that Beijing's intelligence and military groups are carrying out large-scale cyber intrusions against foreign governments, companies and infrastructure. However, this is an unsupported claim as no evidence is provided to back it up.
  • The company has been struggling for almost two years, but this information is not disclosed until the end of the article which makes it seem like they have only been trying to avoid bankruptcy for a short period of time.

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