Gene Park,

Gene Park is a reporter for The Washington Post, covering video games and gaming culture. He joined The Post in 2015 as audience editor and has experience as a reporter on the West Coast and Pacific region. He is an alum of California State University, Fullerton.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gene-park/

78%

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 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

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Beahm initially wrote in his post that the person was a 'minor', but later removed and added it back in.
  • Dr Disrespect described the conversations as 'casual' and 'mutual', but acknowledged they were inappropriate.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • The explicit messages and their connection to the ban were reported this week by Bloomberg News and the Verge, based on accounts from anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.
  • The reports followed a similar account posted Friday by Cody Conners, a former employee at Twitch who did not name Beahm in the post.

Recent Articles

Dr Disrespect's Acknowledgment of Inappropriate Messages to a Minor in 2017: Allegations, Ban, and Aftermath

Dr Disrespect's Acknowledgment of Inappropriate Messages to a Minor in 2017: Allegations, Ban, and Aftermath

Broke On: Sunday, 23 June 2024 Dr Disrespect, a popular video game streamer, admitted to sending inappropriate messages to an individual in 2017 that led to his ban from Twitch. The conversations were reportedly mutual but acknowledged as inappropriate. Beahm initially had around 4 million followers and a lucrative streaming deal at the time of the ban, but Twitch did not comment on the allegations. Midnight Society, Beahm's video game studio, terminated ties with him following the news. The explicit messages did not involve pictures or crimes according to Beahm's post.