Shirin Ali,

Shirin Ali is a journalist at Slate, where she covers the Supreme Court and other legal affairs. Prior to joining Slate, she was a reporter at The Daily Beast and HuffPost. She has also written for The Guardian, Salon, and other publications. Shirin has a degree in journalism from New York University.

Biography:  https://slate.com/author/shirin-ali

63%

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 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

75%

Examples:

  • Sotomayor stressed that the meaning of words does matter.

Conflicts of Interest

90%

Examples:

  • The authors selectively report information by focusing on Sotomayor's dissent and ignoring the majority opinion.
  • They also use emotional manipulation by describing the bump stocks as being used in 'the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.'
  • This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become.

Contradictions

60%

Examples:

  • Bump stocks meet this definition and were therefore banned under the National Firearms Act
  • The federal definition of a machine gun includes any weapon that shoots automatically more than one shot without manual reloading by a single function of the trigger

Deceptions

15%

Examples:

  • The authors selectively report information by focusing on Sotomayor's dissent and ignoring the majority opinion.
  • They also use emotional manipulation by describing the bump stocks as being used in 'the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.'
  • This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become.

Recent Articles

Supreme Court's Bump Stock Decision Sparks Controversy: Justice Thomas, Textualism, and Gun Laws Debated

Supreme Court's Bump Stock Decision Sparks Controversy: Justice Thomas, Textualism, and Gun Laws Debated

Broke On: Sunday, 16 June 2024 The Supreme Court's decision to allow bump stocks, which accelerate semiautomatic rifle trigger pulls, sparks controversy over gun laws and ethical concerns. Critics mistakenly claim the Buffalo shooter used one, while Justice Clarence Thomas faces accusations of accepting disproportionate gifts. The ruling raises questions about textualism and consistency in interpreting gun laws.