LAist News

LAist News is a news platform that covers various topics including education, politics, arts and entertainment, and climate environment. The site often reports on issues related to Los Angeles and California as a whole. It features articles with varying levels of readability and provides local news updates along with NPR reporting. The site occasionally discusses conflicts of interest, biases, and contradictions in its articles but does not seem to have any major deceptive practices. The site also covers unique topics such as the impact of technology on youth mental health and the budget shortfalls faced by local news sources.

93%

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

95%

Examples:

  • The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban student cellphone and social media use during the school day amid rising concerns about the impact of the technologies on youth mental health.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • Support your source for local news!
  • The governor’s office demoted the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s chairperson and removed another member who criticized the administration.

Contradictions

90%

Examples:

  • Nearly the entire population of California remains under flood alerts
  • Significant flooding is possible in some areas with up to 10 inches in isolated areas of the Santa Lucias and Santa Ynez ranges
  • The speech was scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., but started around 6:15 p.m.

Deceptions

85%

Examples:

  • The author claims ‘Support your source for local news!’ without disclosing or quoting any sources in the article.

Recent Articles

  • California and Florida Governors Push for School Smartphone Bans: A Bipartisan Effort to Address Youth Mental Health Concerns

    California and Florida Governors Push for School Smartphone Bans: A Bipartisan Effort to Address Youth Mental Health Concerns

    Broke On: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 California Governor Gavin Newsom and the Los Angeles Unified School District have announced plans for a statewide and district-wide ban on smartphone use during school hours, respectively. These bans follow similar restrictions in Republican-led states like Florida, as concerns over technology's impact on youth mental health grow. The Los Angeles Unified School District's ban is set to take effect in January 2025.
  • Edward C. Stone: The Renowned Physicist Behind NASA's Groundbreaking Voyager Mission

    Edward C. Stone: The Renowned Physicist Behind NASA's Groundbreaking Voyager Mission

    Broke On: Tuesday, 11 June 2024 Renowned physicist and former NASA JPL director Edward C. Stone, known for his role as project scientist for the groundbreaking Voyager mission, passed away in 2024 at age 88. Stone's leadership led to significant discoveries on Jupiter's moon Io and Saturn's moon Titan, and he served as director of JPL during a period of over two dozen missions and science instruments.
  • UCLA Faculty Divided Over Vote of No Confidence and Censure Against Chancellor Block Amid Protests

    UCLA Faculty Divided Over Vote of No Confidence and Censure Against Chancellor Block Amid Protests

    Broke On: Wednesday, 15 May 2024 UCLA Chancellor Gene Block faced calls for action following clashes between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprotestors on campus, leading to votes of no confidence and censure in the Academic Senate. Despite these resolutions failing to gain majority support, faculty members expressed their concerns over Chancellor Block's handling of the situation before his retirement this summer.
  • UC Academic Workers Authorize Strike Over University's Handling of Pro-Palestinian Protests

    UC Academic Workers Authorize Strike Over University's Handling of Pro-Palestinian Protests

    Broke On: Wednesday, 15 May 2024 University of California academic workers, represented by United Auto Workers Local 4811, have voted to authorize a strike in response to the university system's handling of campus protests supporting Palestinians. The strike may disrupt operations across ten UC campuses and could impact the university's ability to deliver on promises to students, community, and the State of California. The union has issued demands including amnesty for arrested students and faculty, divestment from companies profiting from the war in Gaza, and researchers opting out from military funding or oppression of Palestinians.
  • Mayor Bass's Call to Action: LA4LA - A New Approach to Ending Los Angeles' Homelessness Crisis

    Mayor Bass's Call to Action: LA4LA - A New Approach to Ending Los Angeles' Homelessness Crisis

    Broke On: Tuesday, 16 April 2024 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass calls for help from wealthy Angelenos to address the city's homelessness crisis through a capital campaign named LA4LA, aiming to acquire more properties, lower costs, and speed up housing construction. With approximately 46,000 unhoused people living in Los Angeles and the Inside Safe program offering temporary solutions, Bass emphasizes that more needs to be done as previous efforts have not solved the issue. She acknowledges homelessness's impact on everyone in the city and its costs to taxpayers.
  • Hollywood Below-the-Line Workers Threaten Strike Over Wage Increases and Quality of Life Issues

    Hollywood Below-the-Line Workers Threaten Strike Over Wage Increases and Quality of Life Issues

    Broke On: Monday, 04 March 2024 Hollywood's below-the-line workers, including the Teamsters and IATSE, are threatening to strike if a deal is not reached with studios by July 31. Negotiations focus on wage increases and quality of life issues surrounding hours worked on set.
  • California Faces Significant Risk of Flooding, Mudslides and Landslides During Multi-Day Winter Storm

    California Faces Significant Risk of Flooding, Mudslides and Landslides During Multi-Day Winter Storm

    Broke On: Monday, 19 February 2024 California is at risk of flooding, mudslides and landslides due to a multi-day winter storm starting today. Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected in Los Angeles County from Sunday evening until Wednesday morning with higher intensity rates up north. San Francisco has provided free sandbags while Santa Barbara County officials have issued evacuation warnings.

  • SAG-AFTRA Ends Strike with Tentative Deal, Impact on Industry Continues

    Broke On: Thursday, 09 November 2023 After 118 days of strike action, the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios. The strike has been estimated to have cost the Southern California economy over $6.5 billion and 45,000 entertainment industry jobs. The strikes have led to job losses, financial strain, and even forced some to sell their homes. The details of the deal will be revealed when the agreement goes to the board on Friday.