Mike Hellgren,

Mike Hellgren WJZ-TV WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren came to WJZ in the spring of 2004 from KARK-TV, an NBC affiliate station in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Solid reporting credentials and a reputation for breaking important news stories characterized Mike's work both there and at KTAL-TV, another NBC station in Shreveport, La. where he also was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. He also worked as a reporter/producer/photographer for KLAX-TV, an ABC station in Alexandria, Louisiana, and started his career in broadcast journalism with a cable news program called First Edition News in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Mike holds a B.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and grew up partly in both Chicago and Louisiana.

Biography:  https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/personality/mike-hellgren/

83%

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

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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:

  • The article seems to have a bias towards presenting Marilyn Mosby in a positive light despite her being found guilty of perjury and leaving the court without commenting on the verdict.

Conflicts of Interest

95%

Examples:

  • The article does not mention any conflict of interest in reporting on Marilyn Mosby's trial.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

70%

Examples:

  • The title of the article is misleading as it implies that Mike Hellgren is a witness to Mosby leaving court when he is actually just a reporter. The article also does not provide any details about why Mosby was found guilty or what her next steps will be.

Recent Articles

Former Baltimore Prosecutor Convicted on Perjury Charges

Broke On: Thursday, 09 November 2023 Former Baltimore prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, has been convicted on two counts of perjury. Mosby falsely claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic to withdraw $90,000 from her city retirement accounts. The withdrawn funds were used for down payments on two vacation properties in Florida. Mosby faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for each of the two perjury counts.