WTOP Staff

WTOP Staff is an anchoring and reporting team at WTOP. They cover a variety of topics including national security, congressional news, capital hill coverage and more.

Biography:  https://wtop.com/news-team/

62%

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

80%

Examples:

  • The article contains a call to action for listeners to listen online and on the radio at specific frequencies.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article mentions a meteorologist from the station providing information about the storm system.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Limited Snowfall in Maryland During Fast-Moving Winter Storm

Limited Snowfall in Maryland During Fast-Moving Winter Storm

Broke On: Saturday, 17 February 2024 A fast-moving winter storm hit Maryland on Friday night into Saturday morning, bringing 5 inches or more of snow to Westminster, Reisterstown, Cockeysville and BWI-Marshall while Clarksville got 2 inches. However due to warm temperatures when the storm started and ground that was not frozen accumulation in Maryland was limited. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil and Harford counties as well as Baltimore City while Anne Arundel County remains under a Winter Storm Advisory. Schools in these areas have canceled weekend activities due to the snow.