Pete Thamel,

Pete Thamel is a college football reporter for ESPN. He covers the sport since 2014 and has become known for his innovative offensive tactics.

Biography:  https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35807174/pete-thamel-q-purdue-boilermakers-college-football-coach-ryan-walters

55%

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

80%

Examples:

  • Pete Thamel is a well-known college football reporter for ESPN. He has been covering the sport since 2014 and has become known for his innovative offensive tactics.
  • Thamel's bias towards Mark Pope as a potential coach at Kentucky is evident in his reporting on the topic.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • Pope's resume is light for a coach generally considered one of the best in sports. He does not have an NCAA tournament win and No. 11 BYU lost to No. 6 Duquesne.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Kentucky replaced John Calipari with Mark Pope after several high-profile candidates either turned down the job or declined interest.
  • Pope has taken BYU to two NCAA tournaments in five years and has gone undefeated against Kentucky.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • Pope has taken BYU to two NCAA tournaments in five years and has gone undefeated against Kentucky.
  • The author claims that Mark Pope would offer Kentucky (2:15) a five-year deal to be the head coach of the Wildcats.

Recent Articles

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