Daily Bruin

Daily Bruin is a student-run newspaper serving the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) community since 1919. The publication covers local events, trends, and important topics on campus daily. It has an emphasis on digital news and operates bruinwalk.com, a professor and apartment review website. Daily Bruin also produces PRIME, a culture and lifestyle magazine, and The Stack, a data journalism blog. With no journalism major or school at UCLA, the Daily Bruin serves as an essential training ground for young journalists who have gone on to work at top news organizations. The newspaper has received numerous awards from national and local college media competitions.

100%

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

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

86%

Examples:

  • About 25 protesters were arrested for willful disruption of university operations.
  • Protesters set up tents and dyed a nearby fountain red at UCLA's Dickson Plaza on June 11, 2024.
  • The group had earlier disrupted a final exam and set up unlawful encampments using tents, canopies, barricades, and patio furniture.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

  • UCLA Police Disperse Third Pro-Palestinian Protest, Arrest Over a Dozen

    UCLA Police Disperse Third Pro-Palestinian Protest, Arrest Over a Dozen

    Broke On: Monday, 10 June 2024 Police arrested over a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA on Monday, dismantling their encampment in Dickson Plaza for the third time this month. Protesters had been demanding UCLA divest from Israeli interests following the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians in October 2023.
  • UCLA Police Chief Temporarily Reassigned Amid Criticism Over Protest Security Handling

    UCLA Police Chief Temporarily Reassigned Amid Criticism Over Protest Security Handling

    Broke On: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 UCLA Police Chief John Thomas, under criticism for UCLA's handling of security during pro-Palestinian protests, has been temporarily reassigned. The decision follows a violent melee on April 30 that disrupted campus and led to dozens of injuries. Gawin Gibson, a longtime UCPD officer, has been named acting chief while Rick Braziel leads a new Office of Campus Safety. Thomas was allegedly criticized for canceling outside police assistance requests before the attack.