Danny Connolly

Danny Connolly is a digital reporter in the Capitol Bureau for WCIA 3. He specializes in covering politics, state agencies, and the Springfield area. He started with WCIA 3 in January 2022 as an intern with the University of Illinois Springfield’s Public Affairs Reporting graduate program, where he learned how to cover state government. After his internship, Danny moved into the digital department in July 2022. Danny got his start in journalism through his undergraduate degree at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, specializing in Electronic Journalism and TV/Film Production. He worked a variety of jobs at the student news broadcast River Region Evening Edition all four years, advancing to Executive Producer his senior year. Danny received an honorable mention from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences student awards for a newscast he produced his sophomore year. He also worked for the student newspaper, The Daily Egyptian, for a year and a half and was a finalist for a regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence award for an article he co-wrote on SIU’s original COVID-19 policies. Outside of WCIA 3, Danny likes watching movies, reading comic books, playing video games, hanging out with friends, and visiting his family back in the Chicago area, where he grew up.

Biography:  https://www.wcia.com/author/danny-connolly/

80%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author 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 the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • Despite constant attacks by the gun lobby that puts ideology over people’s lives, here in Illinois we have stood up and said ‘no more’ to weapons of war on our streets
  • The Illinois Department of Human Services and Illinois Department of Public Health have helped quarantine migrants in Chicago who have been exposed to a measles outbreak at the Pilsen neighborhood’s asylum shelter.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • , Pritzker said. This statement shows a clear bias against the gun lobby and in favor of the assault weapons ban.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

  • The statement ‘All people in Illinois deserve to be treated with dignity’ is deceptive because it implies that some people do not deserve this treatment. It also does not specify who are the exceptions to this rule or why they are excluded from this principle. This is a lie by omission and a fallacy of equivocation.

Recent Articles

Measles Outbreak in Chicago Raises Questions About Migrant Health Care and Vaccinations

Measles Outbreak in Chicago Raises Questions About Migrant Health Care and Vaccinations

Broke On: Friday, 15 March 2024 12 confirmed cases of measles in Chicago, raising questions about migrant health care and vaccinations. Two CPS students infected.

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois' Semiautomatic Weapons Ban

Broke On: Friday, 03 November 2023 The Protect Illinois Communities Act bans the possession, manufacture or sale of semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, taking effect from Jan. 1, 2024. The law was passed in response to a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park in 2022.