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Mission Local is an independent news site based in the Mission District of San Francisco. The website covers high-impact enterprise reporting on everything from police reform to corruption at City Hall and housing. It also provides a platform for training the next generation of journalists who reflect the diversity of San Francisco.

48%

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 poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • Labor and Working Families slate
  • San Francisco Democrats for Change slate

Conflicts of Interest

15%

Examples:

  • There is no clear indication of who won the election for Democratic County Central Committee and it is not mentioned in any other part of the article
  • The title suggests that election results are available when they have not been released yet

Contradictions

70%

Examples:

  • Proposition A was winning with a hair's breadth above the two-thirds approval required for passage. The rest of the measures had comfortable margins.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • Author uses sensationalist language to describe a close race between two candidates or slates which could be seen as misleading

Recent Articles

  • San Francisco Voters Pass Law-and-Order Ballot Measures, Elect Mayor and District Attorney in Primary Election

    San Francisco Voters Pass Law-and-Order Ballot Measures, Elect Mayor and District Attorney in Primary Election

    Broke On: Thursday, 07 March 2024 San Francisco voters passed a law-and-order ballot measure that requires welfare recipients suspected of using drugs to undergo screenings. The city's mayor and district attorney also won their respective races in the primary election.