Andrew Weber

Andrew Weber is a journalist at KUT, a public media news organization based in Austin, Texas. He covers crime and justice issues for the station. His reporting focuses on the impact of criminal justice policies on communities and individuals across Central Texas.

Biography:  https://www.kut.org/people/andrew-weber

97%

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 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:

  • Sheila Foster decried the pardon, saying Perry had expressed racist beliefs and that he had suggested he was going to shoot protesters demonstrating for racial justice in 2020.
  • The Travis County District Attorney is challenging the governor’s pardon of Daniel Perry... He called the pardon a ‘mockery of our legal system’ and said the decision suggested Foster’s ‘life does not matter.’

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Governor Abbott pardoned Perry last month, arguing he was within his rights to shoot Foster under Texas stand your ground law and that the case shouldn’t have gone to trial.
  • Perry argued that he acted in self-defense against an armed protester.
  • Perry claimed he was trying to get past a crowd and fired his pistol when Foster pointed an AK-47 rifle at him.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

DA Challenges Governor's Pardon of Daniel Perry in Austin Shooting Case: Mockery of Legal System?

DA Challenges Governor's Pardon of Daniel Perry in Austin Shooting Case: Mockery of Legal System?

Broke On: Tuesday, 04 June 2024 Travis County DA Josè Garza challenges Governor Greg Abbott's pardon of Daniel Perry, who was convicted for fatally shooting Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas in 2020. The lawsuit argues the pardon violates the Texas Constitution by interfering with an ongoing criminal case and circumventing Garza's authority as DA. Perry expressed racist beliefs and premeditated actions before the shooting, which Foster's mother decried as a 'mockery of our legal system'. Fourteen attorneys general from other states also called for DOJ examination due to Perry's social media posts.