Connor Sheets,

Connor Sheets is an investigative and enterprise reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He has a strong background in investigative reporting, having worked in Alabama for six years and as a New York-based enterprise reporter. He was part of a Pulitzer finalist team covering the Monterey Park mass shooting. His experience covers various roles from local news to international reporting. As an alumnus of the University of Maryland, he started his journalism career delivering newspapers in his teenage years.

Biography:  https://www.latimes.com/people/connor-sheets

84%

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:

  • Before joining The Times in 2021, he worked for six years as an investigative reporter in Alabama, reported from four continents as a New York-based enterprise reporter and covered local news for a weekly newspaper chain in Queens.
  • Connor Sheets is an investigative and enterprise reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He was part of the team that was a 2024 Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of the mass shooting in Monterey Park.

Conflicts of Interest

90%

Examples:

  • Connor Sheets grew up in Maryland, where he delivered newspapers as a teenager and landed his first reporting job after graduating from the University of Maryland. Suggests potential for local or personal interests influencing his reporting.

Contradictions

60%

Examples:

  • One protester was shot in the chest with a less-lethal round and fell to the ground. Contradicts LAPD interim Chief Dominic Choi's statement that there were no serious injuries.
  • Temperatures are expected to reach 91 degrees by 11 am and 105 degrees by 3 pm on Sunday. Contradicts California's excessive heat warnings and advisories.

Deceptions

70%

Examples:

  • Despite all this, I'm so proud of everyone that was there tonight.
  • One head trauma was confirmed to have indeed resulted in subarachnoid hemorrhage. The use of 'indeed' implies previous doubt or confusion about the severity of the injury.
  • The UCLA branch of Students for Justice in Palestine posted on X on Thursday morning that there were 'at least five people shot in the head with rubber bullets.' This statement contradicts the reported number and type of injuries.

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