Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan is a British-born Muslim of Indian descent and an unabashed lefty with a bias towards democracy. He hosts weekly shows on MSNBC and NBC’s streaming channel Peacock. Hasan's budding talent for argument was watered at the Oxford Union in the UK; he has also worked for ITN and the New Statesman magazine among others. He is known for his outspokenness, particularly towards Fox News, which he considers a propaganda arm of the Republican party.

Biography:  https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/22/mehdi-hasan-interview-trump-biden-fox-news-msnbc?dg

76%

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:

  • Hasan has been entirely supportive by MSNBC and NBC’s streaming channel Peacock.
  • Has there ever been a better endorsement for a Democratic vice-presidential nominee? Mehdi Hasan is the founder and editor-in-chief of the new media company Zeteo.
  • They can have Walz on the ticket, who calls his Republican opponents 'weird' and extreme, or Kelly, who calls his Republican opponents 'good people' who are 'working really hard'.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • Have you seen the touching images from March 2023, of the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, being hugged by a group of elementary school kids after signing into law a bill that provided them with free school meals?
  • Or the fun clip from September 2023, of Walz with his daughter Hope laughing and screaming on a ride at the Minnesota State Fair?
  • That video has had more than 4.6m views on Twitter/X alone and, per Politico, is credited with the Democrats’ new shift ‘toward a more gut-level vernacular that may better capture how many voters react to far-right rhetoric of the Trump/Vance variety.’

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