Reason Magazine
•Health
Health
Weak allegations of shaken baby syndrome keep tearing families apart
Summary
Nutrition label
72% Informative
Nick Flannery is facing 12 years in prison after he was accused of shaking his 2-month-old son.
A new investigation from ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine found evidence that the child's medical collapse could have been caused by a traumatic birth.
Two child abuse pediatricians say that the only reasonable explanation is abuse.
VR Score
79
Informative language
81
Neutral language
53
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
55
Offensive language
possibly offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
4
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/magazine/06baby-t.htmlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18173622/#:~:text=Birth%2Drelated%20subdural%20bleeds%20are,SBS%20remains%20to%20be%20established.https://www.propublica.org/article/shaken-baby-syndrome-abusive-head-trauma-controversyhttps://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/detaillist.aspx
Small business owner?