Hunter Geisel

Raymond Hunter Geisel is a man who was arrested by the Secret Service on charges of threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. He made this threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July and allegedly referred to Obama with a racial epithet. The charge of threatening a major candidate for president or vice president carries a maximum prison sentence of five years.

Biography:  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-held-for-obama-assassination-threat/

70%

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

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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

75%

Examples:

  • The article is biased towards the threat made by Raymond Hunter Geisel against Barack Obama. The title and body of the article repeatedly mention that there was a threat made against Obama, even though no evidence has been presented to support this claim.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The article presents no conflict of interest as it does not have any personal or financial ties to either Geisel or Obama. It is simply reporting on a news event.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article contradicts itself by stating that Geisel denied making any threats towards Obama in his written statement to the Secret Service agent and then later reporting on a quote from someone else in the class where Geisel allegedly made such a threat. The article also contradicts its own title which claims that Dolphin Mall has been deemed safe after reports of shots fired prompted evacuations and a large police response, however this claim is not supported by any evidence presented in the article.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • The article is deceptive in that it reports on the threat made by Geisel against Obama without providing any evidence to support this claim and also contradicts itself with its own title. The article also fails to provide context for why the reported incidents were deemed unfounded.

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