Pien Huang

Pien Huang is a correspondent on the Science desk at NPR. She covers public health and health disparities, and also guest hosts on NPR news programs and narrates the Moments in History series on the NPR One app. Pien joined NPR in 2019 as its first Reflect America Fellow, working with shows, desks and podcasts to bring more diverse voices to air and online. Her reporting, with NPR’s visuals team, on tracking COVID-19 data won a 2022 Edward R. Murrow award. She has a degree in environmental science and public policy from Harvard.

Biography:  https://www.npr.org/people/729920828/pien-huang

76%

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

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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:

  • Because I think that raw milk is typically a much better quality.
  • The FDA hates raw milk? Fine. The FDA will take any excuse to blast us any way they can.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • As a freelance reporter, Huang’s stories on the environment, arts and culture were featured on NPR, the BBC and PRI’s The World.
  • [The author] was NPR’s first Reflect America Fellow, working with shows, desks and podcasts to bring more diverse voices to air and online.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • But testing doesn’t seem to be happening regularly, and that data is really hard to come by.
  • Health officials say milk that is pasteurized to kill germs is safe to drink, but the Food and Drug Administration has renewed warnings against raw milk.
  • Now, unpasteurized - or raw - milk is still being sold in many states. And advocates for raw milk say the federal government has always opposed its consumption, so why should they listen now?

Deceptions

40%

Examples:

  • But testing doesn’t seem to be happening regularly, and that data is really hard to come by.
  • Health officials say milk that is pasteurized to kill germs is safe to drink, but the Food and Drug Administration has renewed warnings against raw milk.
  • Now, unpasteurized - or raw - milk is still being sold in many states. And advocates for raw milk say the federal government has always opposed its consumption, so why should they listen now?

Recent Articles

Avian Flu in Dairy Cows: Renewed Warnings Against Raw Milk and the Debate Over Food Freedom

Avian Flu in Dairy Cows: Renewed Warnings Against Raw Milk and the Debate Over Food Freedom

Broke On: Sunday, 12 May 2024 An avian flu outbreak among dairy cows has renewed FDA warnings against consuming raw milk due to potential contamination. Raw milk enthusiasts argue for food freedom, but pasteurization inactivates bird flu virus and protects against other pathogens.