Caroline O'Donovan

Caroline O'Donovan is a tech reporter based in San Francisco, covering Amazon and its impact on workers. She has a BA in Political Science and English from the University of Chicago. Prior to joining The Washington Post, she covered tech and labor at BuzzFeed News, where her investigation into Amazon's delivery service network won a SABEW award. Her work often highlights the human side of technology and its effects on people's lives.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/caroline-odonovan/

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

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

90%

Examples:

  • It's stressful. It leads people to have accidents.
  • The fact that workers are not informed of what quotas they are supposed to meet is highly dehumanizing.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Amazon failed to provide written notice of quotas despite using a peer-to-peer evaluation system.
  • The largest fine the California Labor Commissioner's Office has levied under the Warehouse Quota Law was issued against Amazon.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

California Labor Commissioner Fines Amazon $5.9 Million for Alleged Quota Violations

California Labor Commissioner Fines Amazon $5.9 Million for Alleged Quota Violations

Broke On: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 The California Labor Commissioner's Office fined Amazon $5.9 million for failing to provide written notice of quotas as required by the state's Warehouse Quota Law, putting employee safety at risk in two Riverside and San Bernardino county facilities. Amazon disputes the allegations and has appealed.