Kristen Holmes,
Kristen Holmes is a correspondent for CNN, based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. She has reported on some of the country's most important news stories, including the Las Vegas shooting and Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. As tensions escalated between the United States and North Korea, she was dispatched to Guam when Kim Jong-un threatened a missile strike against the U.S. territory. During the 2020 election cycle, she was part of a small team that led CNN's coverage on voter integrity and how the pandemic dramatically reshaped the election process. She broke several stories on state preparations for mail-in voting, internal deliberations at the US Postal Service, and the fraught transition of power. Holmes is a regular guest host on CNN's top political podcasts. She previously covered the White House during the Trump administration and focused on the contentious relationship between federal health agencies and the White House as the pandemic ravaged the country. Holmes started her on-air career at CNN's Newsource as their leading political correspondent during the 2018 midterm elections, creating a voter issue series that took her across the country to depict what mattered most to Americans. Before that, Holmes was an embedded producer on the 2016 campaign trail and a White House producer for CNN. Holmes graduated with a Bachelor's of Science from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and received a Master's of Science from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.
90%
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
98%
Examples:
- Cornyn has previously criticized Trump and said he preferred to see the GOP move in a different direction, before ultimately endorsing him in January.
- Some close to the former president felt the decisions, which they believed were personal to Trump, came from the top ranks of the agency.
Conflicts of Interest
100%
Examples:
- Some close to the former president felt the decisions, which they believed were personal to Trump, came from the top ranks of the agency.
- This may include utilizing state or local partners to provide specialized functions or otherwise identifying alternatives to reduce public exposure of a protectee.
Contradictions
96%
Examples:
- Former President Donald Trump's security detail had complained about not receiving enough resources and personnel from the Secret Service over the past two years.[
- Trump stood tall, gave fist pumps, and yelled ‘Fight, Fight, Fight!’ to the crowd before being moved off the stage after an assassination attempt.
Deceptions
70%
Examples:
- The news comes amid widespread concerns about how a sniper was able to obtain rooftop access roughly 150 meters from Trump's position at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last week.
- What do I expect? You have no idea what Trump is going to talk about. It’s just totally unpredictable.
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