Alejandro Serrano

“General Assignment Reporter Alejandro Serrano is a general assignment reporter for The Texas Tribune. Before joining the Tribune in the fall of 2022, he reported on a variety of topics for the Houston Chronicle, including education and the Houston Independent School District. He received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Northeastern University. He is based in Houston and speaks fluent Spanish.

Biography:  https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alejandro-serrano/

49%

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 poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

75%

Examples:

  • contradicting findings of previous audits by state and federal officials
  • He also commended some of the city's officers and characterized their actions as in 'good faith'
  • The children had followed their active shooter training while officers did not.

Conflicts of Interest

5%

Examples:

  • He also commended some of the city's officers and characterized their actions as in 'good faith'
  • The report identified training, communication and leadership lapses

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • A city-commissioned independent review cleared local officers
  • Assistant chief of police Homer Delgado will be named interim chief
  • The Department of Justice released its review of the shooting, which found cascading failures of nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the scene that day.

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • A city-commissioned independent review cleared local officers
  • contradicting findings of previous audits by state and federal officials
  • He also commended some of the city's officers and characterized their actions as in 'good faith'

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Uvalde Police Chief Resigns After Report Clears Officers in School Shooting Response

Uvalde Police Chief Resigns After Report Clears Officers in School Shooting Response

Broke On: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez resigned after a City Council report cleared several officers of wrongdoing in the delayed law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two teachers. The investigation found most officers acted in good faith, but one detective violated policy by delivering shields to officers and identifying the shooter's grandfather.