Stephen Clark,

Stephen Clark is a space reporter who covers private space companies and world space agencies with a focus on technology, science, policy, and business aspects. He has written about the International Space Station (ISS), NASA's Mars missions, SpaceX launches and more. His work often involves researching and reporting on new developments in the field of space exploration.

Biography:  https://www.wired.com/author/stephen-clark-ars-technica/

76%

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

90%

Examples:

  • Stephen Clark often reports on space-related topics with a focus on private space companies and world space agencies. However, there is an instance of selective reporting in the article 'International Space Station Trash May Have Hit This Florida House' where he does not mention that NASA had already recovered the debris before claiming that NASA confirmed it came from the International Space Station.

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • Stephen Clark covers private space companies in his reporting, which could potentially lead to conflicts of interest. However, no specific instances of conflicts of interest have been identified in the articles provided.

Contradictions

88%

Examples:

  • In the article 'International Space Station Trash May Have Hit This Florida House', there is a contradiction regarding the time and location of the object crashing into Alejandro Otero's house compared to the reentry path recorded by US Space Command.
  • The article 'How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away' claims that most of the material from batteries would have burned up as they plunged through Earth's atmosphere, but research by space experts at The Aerospace Corporation suggests otherwise.

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • In the article 'International Space Station Trash May Have Hit This Florida House', there is a suggestion of lack of transparency on behalf of NASA in providing accurate information to the public.
  • The article 'How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away' claims that it was repaired from 15 billion miles away, but the actual repair process involved NASA sending new software and instructions to the spacecraft.

Recent Articles

NASA Restores Communication with Voyager 1 in Interstellar Space after Computer Chip Issue

NASA Restores Communication with Voyager 1 in Interstellar Space after Computer Chip Issue

Broke On: Thursday, 18 April 2024 NASA engineers successfully restored communication with Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after a faulty computer chip issue. Launched in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 is currently in interstellar space and overcame a communication loss in November 2023 by reallocating affected code within the Flight Data Subsystem memory.
SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites to Low-Earth Orbit for Global Internet Access

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites to Low-Earth Orbit for Global Internet Access

Broke On: Monday, 25 March 2024 On March 25, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The constellation aims to provide high-speed, low-latency Internet worldwide.