Katherine Tomanek

Katherine Tomanek is a Colorado Mesa University graduate who recently moved to Garfield County and started working as a reporter for The Post Independent. She covers city council and business beats in the Roaring Fork Valley area. In her first few days on the job, she reached out to local movers and shakers while learning about the paper's operations.

Biography:  https://www.postindependent.com/news/meet-newest-post-independent-reporter-katherine-tomanek/

54%

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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:

  • Religious language used in predictive medicine
  • The phrase 'Every month is heart month'

Conflicts of Interest

14%

Examples:

  • Dr Laws claims that catheterization and looking at coronary vessels are what takes place in the Cath Lab which contradicts information provided later on about how they conduct all those procedures sequentially or simultaneously.
  • Oflinn states that everything is kept within the Cath Lab but Jenson says there's no need to go ask another department for medicine or supplies because everything is kept there. This suggests a discrepancy in the way things are being done at Valley View Hospital.

Contradictions

14%

Examples:

  • Dr Laws claims that catheterization and looking at coronary vessels are what takes place in the Cath Lab which contradicts information provided later on about how they conduct all those procedures sequentially or simultaneously.
  • Oflinn states that everything is kept within the Cath Lab but Jenson says there's no need to go ask another department for medicine or supplies because everything is kept there. This suggests a discrepancy in the way things are being done at Valley View Hospital.
  • The title of the article suggests that February is Heart Month when in fact it's not a specific month for heart health awareness.

Deceptions

53%

Examples:

  • Dr Laws claims that catheterization and looking at coronary vessels are what takes place in the Cath Lab which contradicts information provided later on about how they conduct all those procedures sequentially or simultaneously.
  • Oflinn states that everything is kept within the Cath Lab but Jenson says there's no need to go ask another department for medicine or supplies because everything is kept there. This suggests a discrepancy in the way things are being done at Valley View Hospital.

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