Selome Hailu

Selome Hailu is a reporter at Variety, based in Los Angeles where she covers the TV awards beat and Hollywood's creative community. She previously worked as a freelance film and TV journalist for the Austin Chronicle, Letterboxd, and Okayplayer. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Hailu holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in media studies from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a member of the Austin Film Critics Association.

Biography:  https://variety.com/author/selome-hailu/

90%

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 is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

Examples:

  • Selome Hailu consistently reports on the TV awards beat and Hollywood's creative community without any notable biases.

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • There are no notable conflicts of interest reported for Selome Hailu.

Contradictions

85%

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  • In one article, it is mentioned that Ava confronts Deborah about lying and threatens to leak information about their affair if she doesn't get the head writer job, leading to a heated argument. In the next sentence, it states that Deborah ultimately agrees to give Ava the head writer position in order to maintain her own position on the show.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

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