Sheera Frenkel

Sheera Frenkel is a New York Times reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, covering the ways in which technology impacts our lives. She largely writes about social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp. Her background includes over a decade of covering technology and foreign correspondent work in the Middle East. Frenkel has been recognized for her journalistic efforts with multiple awards including the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and the George Polk Award for national reporting. She is known for her thoroughness, accuracy, and dedication to protecting sources.

Biography:  https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheera-frenkel

46%

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 has a poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

0%

Examples:

  • Israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war with Gaza.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The campaign also created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles.

Contradictions

95%

Examples:

  • The operation, which used hundreds of fake accounts on X, Facebook and Instagram, focused on more than a dozen members of Congress including Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Raphael Warnock.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • But the conflict has been unpopular with many Americans, who have called for Mr. Biden to withdraw support for Israel in the face of mounting civilian deaths in Gaza.

Recent Articles

Israel's $2 Million Covert Social Media Campaign: Hundreds of Fake Accounts Targeted US Lawmakers During Gaza Conflict

Israel's $2 Million Covert Social Media Campaign: Hundreds of Fake Accounts Targeted US Lawmakers During Gaza Conflict

Broke On: Wednesday, 05 June 2024 Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs orchestrated a covert influence campaign during the Gaza conflict, utilizing fake social media accounts and AI chatbots to target US lawmakers, particularly Black members of Congress. The operation cost $2 million and aimed to maintain funding for Israel's military. The Israeli government's involvement was verified by ministry insiders and disrupted by Meta and OpenAI.