Daily Leader

Daily Leader is a news website covering local stories related to crime, politics, health, and environmental issues. The site focuses on events happening in Lincoln County and surrounding areas. One of the primary topics covered by the site is potential health risks associated with Chronic Wasting Disease.

74%

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

75%

Examples:

  • The articles present a potential human health risk associated with Chronic Wasting Disease, emphasizing the possible dangers of consuming meat from infected deer populations.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The author of the research presented at the Neurology annual meeting has a potential conflict of interest, as they may have personal or financial ties to the topic of Chronic Wasting Disease.

Contradictions

80%

Examples:

  • The article reports that a patient's friend who consumed venison from the same infected deer population died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), while another source states that the patient himself died of sporadic CJD.
  • There is a discrepancy in the description of symptoms between the article and another source, with one mentioning rapid onset confusion and aggression while the other does not.

Deceptions

40%

Examples:

  • The article suggests that ongoing research with primates and mice models shows the cross-species transmission of CWD is possible, but it does not mention that these findings are still in the experimental stage and have not yet been proven in humans.

Recent Articles

  • Two Cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Raise Concerns About Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Human Health

    Two Cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Raise Concerns About Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Human Health

    Broke On: Thursday, 18 April 2024 Two hunters and a 72-year-old man, all from the same CWD-infected deer population, were diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and died. These cases raise concerns about the potential link between Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer and human health. While further investigation is needed to determine causation, the CDC advises against consuming meat from animals that have tested positive for CWD.