Thom Poole,

Thom Poole is a journalist for CNN, known for his reporting on Middle Eastern conflicts and human rights issues. He has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict extensively and has been critical of Israeli actions in Yemen and other regions. Poole's reporting often includes strong language and advocacy for certain causes, such as women's rights in Iran.

Biography:  https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/nobel-peace-prize-2023-latest-news-intl/index.html

95%

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.

Bias

90%

Examples:

  • advocates for human rights in Iran, specifically women's rights and the abolition of the death penalty
  • denies allegations of sexual assaults against detainees by Iranian authorities
  • repeatedly uses the term 'brutal Israeli aggression', 'death to America. Death to Israel. Curse the Jews.', and 'military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime'

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • author is a journalist for CNN, which has a clear editorial stance against Israeli actions in Yemen and the Middle East more broadly
  • no disclosure of potential financial or personal conflicts of interest

Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • initial statement that Israel has not struck Yemen before contradicted by later article stating otherwise
  • use of 'Houthis say' and 'Israeli officials say' in the same article without clarification or resolution

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

  • omission of context and counterarguments in reporting on Israeli actions
  • repeated use of loaded language such as 'brutal Israeli aggression' and 'terrorist regime'
  • use of inflammatory slogans like 'Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse the Jews.'

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