Dave Savini,

Dave Savini is a Chicago-based investigative journalist known for his exclusive investigations that have earned him broadcast journalism's top honors. He serves as an investigative reporter for CBS2 in Chicago and has been with the station since July 2004. Throughout his career, Savini has uncovered corruption in several police departments, exposed medical negligence, government waste, fraudulent charities and child exploitation. His reports have resulted in legal reforms and policy changes within government agencies, local corporations and have prompted new laws. Some of the awards he has received include a 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for his investigation exposing gaping holes in security at O'Hare International Airport, a 2016 Silver Dome Award for his series of investigations into the death of Philip Coleman, and twelve regional RTNDA awards. Savini has also been honored with an Emmy for Best Hard News Series and has broken national stories involving secret sexual harassment settlements involving William Kennedy Smith and his role with a Chicago-based charity. In addition to his work in broadcast journalism, Savini has written for several area newspapers including the Naperville Sun and the Aurora Beacon News.

Biography:  https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/personality/dave-savini/

78%

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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:

  • But those benefits don’t apply to Air Force veterans like Ely and Crete.
  • It makes me incredibly mad and it hurts me too because they’re supposed to have my back.
  • Kind of true here.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • But those benefits don’t apply to Air Force veterans like Ely and Crete.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • But those benefits don’t apply to Air Force veterans like Ely and Crete.
  • It scarred my lungs. I got cysts on my liver. ... I started having lipomas, tumors inside my body I had to remove. My lining in my bladder was shed.
  • Veterans seek justice after they say secret base made them sick

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • But those benefits don’t apply to Air Force veterans like Ely and Crete.
  • It scarred my lungs. I got cysts on my liver. ... I started having lipomas, tumors inside my body I had to remove. My lining in my bladder was shed.
  • Veterans seek justice after they say secret base made them sick

Recent Articles

Veterans of Top Secret Nevada Base Expose Health Consequences from Nuclear Bomb Tests

Veterans of Top Secret Nevada Base Expose Health Consequences from Nuclear Bomb Tests

Broke On: Monday, 20 May 2024 Veterans of the US Air Force's top secret Nevada base, Area 52 or Tonopah Test Range, allege debilitating health issues from toxic radioactive material exposure during nuclear bomb tests in the 1970s. Mark Ely and Dave Crete are among these veterans, who now face life-threatening consequences despite signing non-disclosure agreements and being physically fit during their service. The US government's resistance to acknowledging their service at the site leaves them fighting for compensation.