Pooja Salhotra

Pooja Salhotra is a general assignment reporter for The Texas Tribune. She joined the organization as its first-ever East Texas reporter based in Lufkin and later relocated to Austin. Pooja was born and raised in Houston and graduated from Yale University with a master's degree in fine arts from NYU's journalism school.

Biography:  https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/pooja-salhotra/

60%

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

75%

Examples:

  • The author uses the phrase 'America's No. 1 sports event', which is likely referring to the Super Bowl and implies that it is more important than attending church on Sunday afternoon.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

80%

Examples:

  • Law enforcement did not identify the shooter's motive or her identity
  • She threatened that she had a bomb
  • Two off-duty officers shot the female shooter

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • The title implies that Joel Osteen was killed by a female shooter when in fact she died from her injuries after being shot by off-duty officers.

Recent Articles

Houston Church Shooting: Off-Duty Officer Kills Woman While Child Injured

Houston Church Shooting: Off-Duty Officer Kills Woman While Child Injured

Broke On: Sunday, 11 February 2024 On February 11th, a woman entered Lakewood Church in Houston with a long rifle and opened fire. Two off-duty officers shot and killed the woman while she was still firing at them. One of these officers is an agent with four years of service, while the other has two years of experience as an officer.