Dale Johnson

Dale Johnson is a sports journalist at ESPN, covering soccer. He has been with the company since 2018 and primarily focuses on Euro 2024 news and analysis. His articles often delve into VAR decisions and their impact on matches, while also providing insightful commentary on player performances.

Biography:  https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/116710/dale-johnson

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

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 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

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

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No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

70%

Examples:

  • The article focuses on specific VAR decisions that resulted in penalties or red cards, while ignoring other decisions where no penalty or card was given.
  • The author criticizes a decision to disallow a goal for Switzerland due to offside but does not mention that this was corrected by the VAR.
  • The author discusses a penalty cancellation for Germany against Scotland but fails to mention that there were also two correct penalty decisions and one red card during this game.
  • The author expresses their opinion on certain plays and penalties being soft or extreme.

Recent Articles

Euro 2024: Havertz Scores Penalty as Germany Dominates Scotland, VAR Plays Key Role

Euro 2024: Havertz Scores Penalty as Germany Dominates Scotland, VAR Plays Key Role

Broke On: Friday, 14 June 2024 Germany kicks off Euro 2024 with a dominant 5-1 victory over Scotland, as Kai Havertz scores the decisive penalty and Thomas Müller shines. VAR plays a significant role in several decisions, including a controversial red card for Ryan Porteous.