Lydia O'Connor

Lydia O'Connor is a senior reporter at HuffPost, covering reproductive rights, politics, the environment, media and all things California. She has worked at HuffPost since 2013 and is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism. Based in her hometown of San Francisco, she is also part of the breaking news team.

Biography:  https://www.huffpost.com/author/lydia-oconnor

80%

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

85%

Examples:

  • A symbol affiliated with former President Donald Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ fallacy was on display at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's house in 2021.
  • If the wife of one sitting Supreme Court justice helping incite an insurrection wasn’t enough for Congress to issue subpoenas to these extremists, perhaps another sitting justice proudly displaying memorabilia from that insurrection will be.
  • Take Back the Court, a group opposed to the conservative swing the court has taken in recent years, said this incident is proof Alito doesn’t belong on the court.

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • She considered taking her own life but didn’t want to burden her family with returning body.
  • She was left outside in the bitter cold Russian winter for hours at a time.

Deceptions

85%

Examples:

  • It’s hard to imagine a more blatant f-you to the American public than proudly displaying a vestige of a failed coup attempt on the country you’re supposed to serve, right on your front lawn.
  • The symbol in question was an upside-down American flag, which supporters of Trump’s stolen election conspiracy theory began displaying after he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020.

Recent Articles

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Broke On: Monday, 19 February 2024 Vice Media Group is facing financial difficulties and has decided to partner with established media companies for cost-effective distribution of digital content, including news. Hundreds of staffers are uncertain about their future after mass layoffs were announced.