The Daily Pennsylvanian

The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run news organization at the University of Pennsylvania. It provides coverage of campus news, events, and culture through various newsletters such as DP Daybreak, The Toast, Penn, Unbuttoned and more. The site also features an About Us section that explains each newsletter's focus and how to sign up for them. One of the articles published discusses a protest encampment near the university campus that violates facilities policies and calls for universities to distance themselves from companies advancing Israel's military efforts in Gaza.

100%

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 news site is known for its high journalistic standards. It strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. It has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

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Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • Protesters called for universities to separate themselves from any companies advancing Israel's military efforts in Gaza and, in some cases, from Israel itself.
  • The protest has evolved into an encampment near 34th and Walnut on Penn's campus, which violates the university's facilities policies.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

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