The Messenger

The Messenger is an American news website that provides balanced journalism and aims to be non-partisan.

64%

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 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 its reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The article is also biased towards the idea of finding 'Shalom' in Hebrew, which means peace.
  • The article is biased towards the idea that Shalom Koray was orphaned as a boy and has lived nearly his entire life without knowing anything about his family history. The author claims that he found living relatives through MyHeritage DNA testing.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article also has a conflict of interest by stating that MyHeritage provided DNA testing which connected Shalom with a family in South Carolina who believed he was dead. However, the author claims to have found living relatives through this same DNA testing.
  • The article has a conflict of interest because it is biased towards finding 'Shalom' in Hebrew.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article contradicts itself by stating that Koray was born in the Warsaw Ghetto two years after Nazi Germany invaded Poland and forced over 400,000 Jewish people to live inside its barbed wire walls. However, it also states that Lena Kuchler-Silberman took Koray in as an orphan and gave him the name Piotr Korczak.
  • The article contradicts itself by stating that MyHeritage provided DNA testing which connected Shalom with a family in South Carolina who believed he was dead. However, it also states that Lena Kuchler-Silberman took Koray in as an orphan and gave him the name Piotr Korczak.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article is deceptive by stating that MyHeritage provided DNA testing which connected Shalom with a family in South Carolina who believed he was dead. However, the author claims to have found living relatives through this same DNA testing.

Recent Articles

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    Finding Long-Lost Cousin Through DNA Testing: Ann Meddin Hellman's Story

    Broke On: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Ann Meddin Hellman, a South Carolina mother and grandmother, found her long-lost cousin Shalom Koray through DNA testing offered by MyHeritage. The two have been maintaining regular communication through video conferencing, WhatsApp and language translation tools. Ann learned that Shalom had been discovered as an abandoned baby in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and smuggled out by a Jewish teacher and psychologist named Lena Kuchler-Silberman.
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  • Preliminary Reports Suggest Potential Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Increased Stroke Risk in Older Adults

    Broke On: Thursday, 10 February 2022 Preliminary reports suggest a potential link between COVID-19 vaccinations and an increased risk of stroke in older adults. Getting the flu shot in conjunction with the COVID-19 vaccine may further increase the risk of stroke in seniors, according to some reports. Doctors are reporting an increase in stroke cases among younger individuals, but it is unclear whether this is related to COVID-19 vaccinations. The Pfizer vaccine has been specifically mentioned in some reports regarding the potential increased risk of stroke.