Lauren Weber

Lauren Weber is a Health and Science Accountability Reporter based in Washington, D.C. She joined The Washington Post in 2023 to focus on the forces promoting scientific and medical disinformation after investigating the decimated public health system and covid disparities for Kaiser Health News from St. Louis. Her work on a series called “Underfunded and Under Threat”, a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and the Associated Press that revealed the shattered state of the nation's state and local public health systems, won the ONA University of Florida Award in Investigative Data Journalism and the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award. Weber has a BA in English and Government from Georgetown University, with a minor in Business.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/lauren-weber/

90%

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

70%

Examples:

  • The article focuses on how these beliefs can threaten access to birth control.
  • Weber highlights the antiabortion group's inaccurate claims about birth control and emergency contraception, as well as conservative legislators' views that conflate certain forms of birth control with abortion.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Codifying the Right to Contraception: A Federal Push Amid State Restrictions

Codifying the Right to Contraception: A Federal Push Amid State Restrictions

Broke On: Wednesday, 05 June 2024 Congress debates federal protection for contraceptive access amid state restrictions and Republican opposition. The Right to Contraception Act aims to codify existing protections, while some argue it's unnecessary. House Democrats push for a vote, and Senate Republicans consider national legislation.