Keza MacDonald

Keza MacDonald is a veteran video game reporter who has spent large portions of her life in virtual worlds. She has played video games since she was six and reported on games and gaming culture for 16 years. Through her reporting, she has encountered people who have formed significant relationships and had meaningful life experiences in virtual worlds. However, she is skeptical about the metaverse as envisioned by tech billionaires and companies due to issues of worker exploitation, misogyny, homophobia, and racism in these virtual worlds. She also questions the environmental cost of creating a metaverse that distracts from the real world's problems. MacDonald is concerned about the power that tech giants have in shaping this future and their potential to target ads and monetize users' attention even more than they currently do.

Biography:  https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/25/ive-seen-the-metaverse-and-i-dont-want-it

94%

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 author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

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  • The author expresses a clear and consistent lack of trust towards tech companies and their intentions with the metaverse.

Conflicts of Interest

95%

Examples:

  • The author has not disclosed any conflicts of interest.

Contradictions

95%

Examples:

  • In the first article, it is mentioned that enemies can be turned off in the game Crow Country. The author also mentions resources like ammo and health kits must be scavenged throughout the game.

Deceptions

95%

Examples:

  • There are no examples of deceptive practices in the articles provided.

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