Roman Dobrokhotov,

Roman Dobrokhotov is an investigative journalist and the founder of The Insider. He was born in Moscow on June 24, 1976. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University in 1998 and began his career as a reporter for Kommersant-Daily. In 2003 he became an editor at Novaya Gazeta, where he worked until 2014. During this time, he covered various topics such as corruption, human rights violations, political repression and war crimes in Chechnya and other regions of Russia.

Biography:  https://theins.ru/en/authors/roman-dobrokhotov

79%

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

85%

Examples:

  • The author uses language that dehumanizes the Russian government and its operatives

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • Joy describes her experience with an acute ringing sound in her ear after hearing something similar to what someone would experience after a bomb has gone off

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

New Evidence Links Havana Syndrome to Russia's GRU Unit 29155

New Evidence Links Havana Syndrome to Russia's GRU Unit 29155

Broke On: Monday, 01 April 2024 A joint investigation by CBS News, The Insider and Der Spiegel has linked Havana Syndrome to Russia's GRU Unit 29155. White House staff, CIA officers, FBI agents, military officers and their families have reported being wounded by a secret weapon firing high-energy beams of microwaves or ultrasound. The investigation was led by Greg Edgreen who believes U.S officials are being attacked by Russia and that the official threshold to prove it was set impossibly high.