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Emmy® Award-winning news veteran Chuck Scarborough has been reporting for the National Broadcasting Company since 1974. Over the years, he has led breaking news coverage locally and abroad. Scarborough has filed reports from Europe; Russia; the Middle East; the Philippines; Mexico and South America. Scarborough, a U.S. Air Force veteran, began his television career as an anchor and operations manager at WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was anchor/reporter for WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; WAGA-TV in Atlanta and WNAC-TV in Boston. Scarborough has earned 36 local Emmy® Awards and was honored by the New York Chapter of Television Arts & Sciences with their 2014 “governor’s award” as recognition of his long and distinguished career in journalism. Scarborough’s work has also earned awards from the Associated Press, New York Press Club; the Aviation and Space Writers; the Washington Review of Journalism’s Best in the Business; the Working Press Association; and the New York State Broadcasters Association. As a part of NBC 4 New York’s continuing coverage of Hurricane Sandy, Scarborough earned a National Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award. Scarborough’s anchoring was a key component of NBC 4 New York’s award-winning COVID-19 coverage, honored in January, 2021 with the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for “creat(ing) a 360 view in real time of the coronavirus pandemic, with courageous and thorough reporting on the virus’s explosion in New York City.” The duPont has long been recognized as the broadcast, documentary and on-line equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, also awarded by Columbia University. He has authored three novels, Stryker (1978), The Myrmidon Project (1980), and Aftershock (1991) and has written articles for publication in New York Magazine, Boston Magazine, and American Home Magazine. A proficient aviator, Scarborough holds a commercial pilot’s license. Scarborough lends his time and talent to support a number of non-profit organizations that aid and support animal welfare, the environment, arts and education. He is also the voice for the New York Cares Coat Drive PSA – the Shivering Liberty Statue. Scarborough, a Phi Kappa Phi, holds a Bachelor of Science degree Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern Mississippi and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Mercy College. He is married and has two children.

Biography:  https://www.nbcnewyork.com/author/chuck-scarborough/

77%

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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

86%

Examples:

  • The article mentions ghost guns which are often associated with illegal activities and have been used in mass shootings.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The article provides information about an organization that aids and supports animal welfare, the environment, arts and education.

Contradictions

92%

Examples:

  • The brothers were indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges. Instructions for making a variety of bombs, anarchist propaganda and a hit list with names such as cops, judges, politicians, celebrities and banker scum were also found during the search.
  • The statement 'Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges' is misleading as there are only two charges mentioned.

Deceptions

43%

Examples:

  • People are fed up. Democrats say they are there to help us ... but our people are doing worse under the Democratic control.
  • The rally allows Trump to highlight what he argues as advantages on economic and immigration issues that could cut into key Democratic voting blocs.

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