Melissa Cruz

Melissa Cruz is a student at Georgia State University, receiving a double major in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She hopes to pursue a career that combines her love of journalism and social justice advocacy, with her greatest interests including women's rights, LGBT equality, and the promotion of the arts. Thus far, she's interned and written for several magazines and nonprofits, having had one of her most recent ventures with the Human Rights Campaign’s Equality Magazine in Washington DC. Melissa also enjoys short fiction, dance, traveling, and all things geeky.

Biography:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2014/03/23/viewpoint-students-shouldnt-have-to-starve-in-order-to-learn/37439173/

72%

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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 seems to have a slight bias towards portraying students as struggling with poverty and food insecurity.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The author does not seem to have any personal conflicts of interest related to the topics they are writing about.

Contradictions

10%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

25%

Examples:

  • The author uses sensational language and potentially misleading statistics (e.g.,

Recent Articles

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trump's Immunity in Criminal Cases, Public Opinion Divided

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trump's Immunity in Criminal Cases, Public Opinion Divided

Broke On: Thursday, 25 April 2024 The Supreme Court debated Trump's immunity in relation to election overturning charges, while Americans pondered his criminal cases. Kavanaugh argued for applying criminal statutes to presidents, but justices expressed concerns. Graham believed voters wouldn't be swayed by the cases, and one-third of adults thought Trump acted illegally regarding hush money. Despite this, there was no evidence of political hits from prosecutions.