Michael Schwirtz,

Michael Schwirtz is an investigative reporter with the International desk at The New York Times. He has covered the countries of the former Soviet Union from Moscow and was a lead reporter on a team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles about Russian intelligence operations. He began working for The Times in 2006 in the Moscow bureau, where he covered the New York City Police Department for the Metro desk. He has also been part of an award-winning team that reported on brutality and corruption in the New York State prison system and at Rikers Island. Recently, Schwirtz has been focusing on events in Ukraine. He has provided coverage not only of military developments but also of the country's cultural landscape, such as its coffee shops which are a symbol of closer ties to Europe.

Biography:  https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-schwirtz

79%

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

90%

Examples:

  • The author presents Russian soldiers as easily pushing past Ukraine's fortifications, implying that they were insufficient or poorly constructed.

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • The author has a conflict of interest as he was part of a team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles about Russian intelligence operations.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article claims that Maksim Kuzminov landed his military helicopter in Poltova, Ukraine and received half a million dollars for the defection. However, it also states that Kuzminov had become 'a moral corpse' after planning his defection according to Russia's RIA Novosti.

Deceptions

75%

Examples:

  • The author deceptively claims that Maksim Kuzminov was guilty of treason for defecting to Ukraine, without providing any evidence to support this claim.

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Russian Defector Killed in Spain: Maxim Kuzminov's Tragic Death Confirmed by Russian Officials

Russian Defector Killed in Spain: Maxim Kuzminov's Tragic Death Confirmed by Russian Officials

Broke On: Tuesday, 13 February 2024 On February 13, Russian military pilot Maksim Kuzminov defected to Ukraine by flying his helicopter across the border. His body was found riddled with bullets and run over by a vehicle in Spain.