Riley Overend

Riley Overend is an associate editor at SwimSwam who covers swimming news. He graduated from Boston College in 2019 and has worked as a sports reporter and editor for various newspapers.

Biography:  https://swimswam.com/bio/riley-overend/

64%

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:

  • The article does not provide any context or information about how many people are on the team or what their relationship to the deceased swimmers was.
  • The article implies that all five swimmers were involved in the crash when only three of them actually died.
  • The article uses emotional language and selective reporting to manipulate the reader's feelings and attention.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article does not disclose any potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding for the author.
  • The article may have a bias towards promoting swimming as a sport and generating traffic by covering tragic events.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article creates a sense of urgency and importance around this tragedy when it may not be as significant as it is being portrayed.
  • The article uses deception by providing false or misleading information about the details of the crash.

Recent Articles

Three University of Wyoming Swimmers Killed in Car Crash on U.S 287 South of Laramie

Three University of Wyoming Swimmers Killed in Car Crash on U.S 287 South of Laramie

Broke On: Friday, 23 February 2024 Three members of the University of Wyoming's swimming and diving team were killed in a car crash on U.S 287 near Laramie, Wyoming.