Heather Chen,Andrew

Heather Chen Asia Writer, CNN Digital Worldwide Heather Chen is the Asia Writer for CNN Digital Worldwide, based in Hong Kong. Latest Heather Chen is the Asia Writer for CNN Digital Worldwide, based in Hong Kong. She is responsible for writing breaking news, features and analysis pieces across the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining CNN in 2022, Chen worked as a journalist and producer for BBC News in Singapore, and produced several long-form digital features as a senior VICE reporter in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Chen has covered her home region of Southeast Asia for the past decade. Major events she has reported on include the 2018 Thai cave rescue, the 2018 Inter-Korean summit, the 2016 Philippine presidential election and the 2014 disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370. She has written extensively about identity politics, culture wars and various societal issues like migrant worker rights, the death penalty debate and drug abuse in Singapore and Vietnam, corruption in Cambodia, and religious tensions in Malaysia. Chen speaks English, Chinese and basic Malay and is currently learning Korean and Cantonese.

Biography:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/heather-chen

38%

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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

85%

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  • The article implies that Ukraine is responsible or complicit in the attack without evidence
  • The article portrays Putin as a weak leader who cannot guarantee order in his own country
  • The article uses emotional language to describe the attack and its impact on Russia

Conflicts of Interest

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Contradictions

85%

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  • Russia mourns: Flags are flying at half mast as Russia observes a day of national mourning for the 133 people who died in the assault on a concert hall near Moscow. The attack was the deadliest inside Russia for more than two decades.
  • The appalling attack on the vast Crocus City Hall concert venue and shopping complex near Moscow
  • The main suspects arrested planned to flee into Ukraine, but Ukraine denied any connection with the attack and warned Russia could use it as an excuse for escalation of its invasion.

Deceptions

30%

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  • The title of this article suggests that there are live updates on the Moscow concert venue shooting when in fact it only provides information about what has already happened.

Recent Articles

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Terrorist Attack at Crocus City Concert Hall in Moscow, Four Perpetrators Detained by Russia's Top State Investigative Agency.

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Terrorist Attack at Crocus City Concert Hall in Moscow, Four Perpetrators Detained by Russia's Top State Investigative Agency.

Broke On: Sunday, 24 March 2024 On March 24, 2024, a terrorist attack occurred at the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow. The Islamic State group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack and released graphic footage purporting to show it. Four of the direct perpetrators were found and detained by Russia's top state investigative agency.