Pete Muntean,

Pete Muntean is a CNN correspondent based in Washington, D.C., with expertise in aviation and transportation. He is a pilot and flight instructor, covering these topics as well as general assignment stories for the network. Before joining CNN, he worked at WUSA9 in Washington, D.C., where he focused on chronic safety problems on the Metro public transit system and covered air disasters such as the Boeing 737 Max and the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant. Muntean also reported on state government shutdowns, wasteful spending by state lawmakers, and the Penn State child sex abuse scandal during his time at WGAL News 8 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He holds a commercial license and is a Certificated Flight Instructor - Instrument. Muntean began his broadcasting career as an intern at CNN Center in Atlanta.

Biography:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/pete-muntean

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

86%

Examples:

  • Pete Muntean has a background in aviation and often covers aviation and transportation stories, potentially leading to a personal interest or stake in the topics.

Conflicts of Interest

90%

Examples:

  • Pete Muntean is a pilot and flight instructor, potentially creating a conflict of interest in his coverage of aviation stories.

Contradictions

86%

Examples:

  • Investigators are still looking at the causes of both those incidents, but a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board found Boeing left the bolts off
  • The CEO claims all incidents are unrelated when they clearly have a common thread - Boeing jets.
  • The incidents marked the second recent narrowly avoided ground collision for Southwest Airlines.

Deceptions

65%

Examples:

  • The deception score includes the fact that the CEO claims all incidents are unrelated when they clearly have a common thread - Boeing jets.

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