Joseph Ataman,

Joseph Ataman is an associate field producer for CNN based in the network's Paris bureau. Ataman led CNN's coverage of the 2022 French election and has covered the Channel migrant crisis, wildfires, and the climate crisis in France. Field producing and writing for CNN, he has also reported on Europe’s response to the war in Ukraine and the 2021 evacuation of Kabul. Ataman started working at CNN on the international video team, shooting and producing stories from across Europe, covering Covid-19’s first wave, Brexit and the First World War centenary. Prior to this, he worked as a freelance journalist in the Middle East. Ataman earned a first-class degree in Geography from the University of Cambridge and was a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University during his Master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

Biography:  https://www.cnn.com/profiles/joseph-ataman

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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.

Bias

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Conflicts of Interest

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Contradictions

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  • Attal offered to step down after Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance was defeated in the second round of France’s snap parliamentary election, but Macron refused, asking him to stay on for a short period to maintain stability.
  • Macron accepted Attal’s resignation after a meeting at the Elysee in Paris but once again asked him to remain in post until a new government forms.

Deceptions

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