Madeline Berg

Madeline Berg is a correspondent at Business Insider. She covers the wealthy, famous and powerful. Previously she was at Forbes for six years where her work included cover stories on Tyler Perry and Shonda Rhimes, investigations into Kylie Jenner's beauty brand, deep dives into Britney Spears' fortune.

Biography:  https://www.businessinsider.com/author/madeline-berg?op=1

72%

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

85%

Examples:

  • It looks as if it probably factored in, though.

Conflicts of Interest

55%

Examples:

  • The author presented Bezos' move to Miami as a way for him to avoid paying taxes when it is actually just one of many reasons he gave for moving there.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • <p>For someone selling securities worth billions, like Bezos, the difference amounts to a lot of money. Thanks to his new Florida address, he could save more than $610 million in state taxes over the course of the year as he continues to sell shares</p>
  • <p>It looks as if it probably factored in, though.➡

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • <p>For someone selling securities worth billions, like Bezos, the difference amounts to a lot of money. Thanks to his new Florida address, he could save more than $610 million in state taxes over the course of the year as he continues to sell shares➡
  • <p>It looks as if it probably factored in, though.➡

Recent Articles

Jeff Bezos Sells 50 Million Shares Worth $8.5 Billion in Florida to Avoid Taxes

Jeff Bezos Sells 50 Million Shares Worth $8.5 Billion in Florida to Avoid Taxes

Broke On: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of Blue Origin, plans to sell $8.5 billion worth of shares in the next year as he moves closer to his parents and relocates to Miami. However, some speculate that Florida's lack of capital-gains tax may have influenced his decision.