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FiveThirtyEight is a data-driven journalism organization known for its statistical analysis and data visualization. Originally part of ESPN, it was acquired by ABC News to enhance their political coverage. The team moved from ESPN to ABC News in principle, with the aim of expanding FiveThirtyEight's political coverage at a crucial time while maintaining a relationship with ESPN for sports coverage. Under ESPN's ownership, FiveThirtyEight grew from a political blog into a multimedia platform attracting millions of readers per month and recognized for its in-depth reporting, insightful podcasts, and exceptional data visualization across various topics including politics and sports. Its reporting has been awarded several times for ambitious projects like Gun Deaths in America and the 2016 Election forecast.

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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 is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

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Conflicts of Interest

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Contradictions

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Deceptions

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