Olesya Dmitracova,

Olesya Dmitracova is Europe Editor for CNN Business. She leads the team covering business and economics in Europe for CNN's digital platform. Latest Olesya Dmitracova is Europe Editor for CNN Business. She leads the team covering business and economics in Europe for CNN's digital platform. Previously, Dmitracova reported for Reuters from London and Moscow on economics, politics and banking, including the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2010-11 phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom. While at Reuters, she travelled around the UK and Russia, as well as to India and France, on reporting assignments. Dmitracova was also the Economics and Business Editor at The Independent in London, worked for the BBC World Service and held senior positions at specialist financial publication Risk. Dmitracova is a graduate of Cambridge University. She also holds the International Programme Diploma from Sciences Po in Paris.

Biography:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/olesya-dmitracova

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

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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

85%

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  • The article seems to have a pro-McDonald's bias by downplaying the impact of the IT failure on customers and presenting it as a minor inconvenience.

Conflicts of Interest

0%

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Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article contradicts itself by stating that operations were suspended in Japan but not explaining why or how. It also implies that the system failure was global when only some customers experienced issues.

Deceptions

100%

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  • The article is deceptive by using vague and misleading language to describe the IT failure. It does not provide enough details or context about what happened, how widespread it was, or how long it lasted.

Recent Articles

McDonald's Global IT Outage: What We Know So Far

McDonald's Global IT Outage: What We Know So Far

Broke On: Friday, 15 March 2024 McDonald's is currently experiencing a global IT outage that has impacted their restaurants worldwide. The issue is not related to a cybersecurity event and some McDonald's restaurants are already back to normal operation, with people ordering and getting their food at locations in Bangkok, Milan, and London. This article provides an overview of the current situation at McDonald's as well as any updates on when the outage may be resolved.