Makenzie Koch,

Makenzie Koch is a digital producer at FOX4 who grew up in Missouri and graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism. She has worked as an assistant director of community outreach and a digital producer at the Standard-Examiner in Ogden, Utah. She returned to Kansas City to work for her hometown news station.

Biography:  https://fox4kc.com/author/makenzie-koch/

78%

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 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 author tends to promote QAnon conspiracy theories and racist ideas by using them as sources of information without questioning their validity or accuracy.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The author has a clear conflict of interest by promoting racist conspiracy theories and white supremacists online celebrating the deaths of three men without providing any evidence or context for their claims.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article contradicts itself by claiming that there are no other details of the case while also mentioning a toxicology report that could provide more information. This shows a lack of journalistic integrity and reliability.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article is deceptive because it uses vague language like 'celebration' and 'fans' to describe a group of people who were found dead in the snow after using cocaine and fentanyl. This implies that their deaths were somehow deserved or justified, which is insensitive and irresponsible.

Recent Articles

Three Men Found Dead Outside Northland Home in Kansas City; Autopsies Pending, Toxicology Report Received but Cause of Death Unknown

Three Men Found Dead Outside Northland Home in Kansas City; Autopsies Pending, Toxicology Report Received but Cause of Death Unknown

Broke On: Saturday, 03 February 2024 Three men were found dead outside a Northland home in Kansas City on January 7, 2019. The victims were David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney and Ricky Johnson. It is unclear when police will receive autopsies from the medical examiner's office to determine cause of death or if there was any foul play involved in their deaths.