The Standard Ltd.

The Standard Ltd. is a news site that provides coverage of various topics including royalty, health, technology, and politics. The article discusses the Solar Together scheme in London which aims to make the city greener and help Londoners with the cost-of-living crisis by providing discounts on solar panel installations. However, it highlights issues with a specific company contracted by iChoosr to carry out these installations, Green Energy Together UK (GET-UK), which has had numerous negative reviews and issues with debt and regulatory warnings.

71%

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

80%

Examples:

  • The article portrays the Solar Together scheme in a mostly positive light, highlighting its goals of making London greener and helping Londoners with the cost-of-living crisis. However, it does mention some issues with the scheme being outsourced to a third-party outfit, iChoosr, which oversaw auctions where solar installers competed to offer the lowest price.

Conflicts of Interest

70%

Examples:

  • The article discusses how GET-UK was contracted by iChoosr to carry out solar installations despite having an overall one-star rating on Google from numerous reviews and being associated with debt and a warning by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Contradictions

70%

Examples:

  • The article mentions that despite the high level of demand for solar installations due to the Solar Together scheme, there have been some issues with a specific company, Green Energy Together UK (GET-UK), failing to turn up for appointments and having a large number of negative reviews.

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • The article does not explicitly state any deceptions, but it can be inferred that the portrayal of GET-UK as a reliable and efficient company may be misleading to readers due to the numerous negative reviews and issues with the company.

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