Elizabeth Palmer,

Elizabeth Palmer is a renowned foreign correspondent for CBS News. Based in London, she reports on events across Europe and the Middle East. With extensive experience from Tokyo, Moscow and Afghanistan, Palmer has covered major conflicts and political developments throughout her career. Palmer's reporting on Iran includes visits to nuclear sites and coverage of elections. She is one of the few Western journalists to have gained access to these sites. Her work has earned numerous awards including a duPont Award for her reporting on the Syrian civil war, where she travelled extensively from one end of the country to another. Beyond conflict reporting, Palmer is known for her arts coverage. She has interviewed notable figures such as Amor Towles and Josephine Baker. Palmer's love for knitting calms her nerves in war zones.

Biography:  https://www.cbsnews.com/team/elizabeth-palmer/

94%

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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

97%

Examples:

  • Filtering the internet has made middle men and those who sell anti-filtering software richer. It is hurting users, and costing them a lot of money.
  • The morality police, fines and other types of punishment must be put aside.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

88%

Examples:

  • Pezeshkian was elected with a comfortable margin but with low voter turnout.
  • Voter turnout was the lowest in Iran's presidential electoral history with barely 40%.

Deceptions

85%

Examples:

  • Editorializing: authors express their opinion on the matter without providing factual evidence.
  • Selective reporting: authors call Jalili a hardliner but only present one side of his position.

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