Benjamin Oreskes,

Benjamin Oreskes is a journalist who covers state and national politics for the Los Angeles Times. He previously covered City Hall, homelessness, and wrote the Essential California newsletter. Before joining The Times in February 2017, he covered foreign policy at Politico in Washington, D.C.. Oreskes and his colleagues won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for reporting on a leaked audio recording that upended Los Angeles politics. They were also part of a team of reporters awarded the 2023 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for coverage of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In 2021, the Los Angeles Press Club named him print journalist of the year for his on-the-ground reporting of various homelessness issues during the pandemic. A native New Yorker, Oreskes graduated from Northwestern University and looks forward to seeing the Wildcats play in the Rose Bowl sometime soon.

Biography:  https://www.latimes.com/people/benjamin-oreskes

77%

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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

82%

Examples:

  • Critics claimed video showed Biden wandering off during a G-7 summit, which was misleading as he was walking over to greet some French paratroopers.
  • The Biden campaign and its allies accused the Post and others who circulated the 'freeze' meme of misrepresenting the footage.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • For Biden, avoiding 'senior moments' will be crucial due to concerns about his age and mental acuity.

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • For those with questions about the leading 2024 presidential candidates' mental acuity...
  • In fact, he was walking over to greet some French paratroopers...
  • The Biden campaign and its allies accused the Post and others who circulated the 'freeze' meme of misrepresenting the footage...

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