Phoebe Liu

Phoebe Liu is a staff writer at Forbes covering billionaires and philanthropy. She joined Forbes in 2019 after working as an assistant editor for Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine.

Biography:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/

41%

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 poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

10%

Examples:

  • The author tends to present negative aspects of Jeff Bezos and his actions without providing context or perspective.
  • The author uses language that implies a significant loss for Jeff Bezos rather than an opportunity to free up capital.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

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  • Lui mentions that Bezos has sold stock in the past and given away billions worth of shares without providing any context or perspective on why these actions were taken.
  • Phoebe Liu uses language such as 'parted with 1%', which implies that this is a significant loss for Jeff Bezos rather than an opportunity to free up capital.
  • The author's statements are heavily slanted towards the negative aspects of Jeff Bezos and his actions.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Bezos's sale puts him within reach of overtaking Elon Musk as the world's richest man.
  • Jeff Bezos sold nearly 12 million shares over the course of Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

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  • . However, these statements are misleading as they imply that Bezos only gave away money when he actually also sold a significant amount of his own shares.
  • The article states that Jeff Bezos has given away about $4.7 billion worth of Amazon shares and sold $32 billion worth of the company's stock.
  • The article states that Jeff Bezos sold $2 billion worth of Amazon stock over two days.
  • The article states that Jeff Bezos sold some of his Amazon stock for the first time in more than two years.

Recent Articles

Jeff Bezos Announces Plans to Sell Up to 50 Million Shares of Amazon Stock, Potentially Making Him the World's Richest Person

Jeff Bezos Announces Plans to Sell Up to 50 Million Shares of Amazon Stock, Potentially Making Him the World's Richest Person

Broke On: Sunday, 11 February 2024 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc., plans to sell up to 50 million shares of Amazon stock by the end of the year as part of a plan announced earlier this month for him to divest himself from his ownership stake in the company.