Madie MacDonald

Madie MacDonald is a news reporter at WAVY News Channel 10 in Hampton Roads, Virginia. She covers local news and breaking stories. Her work primarily focuses on crime and community issues. MacDonald has reported on topics such as the murder trial of a Hampton father charged with killing his 4-year-old son, Codi Bigsby, and nationwide outages affecting AT&T customers.

Biography:  https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/murder-trial-begins-for-hampton-father-charged-with-killing-4-year-old-son-codi-bigsby/

57%

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

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

0%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

72%

Examples:

  • Some municipalities were experiencing difficulties with 911 service due to the outage.
  • We did not experience an outage. Our network is operating normally.

Deceptions

62%

Examples:

  • According to Apple, customers will still be able to make emergency calls if SOS or SOS only is seen in the status bar.

Recent Articles

Mystery in the Sky: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Solves Hampton Roads' Unusual Sight

Mystery in the Sky: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Solves Hampton Roads' Unusual Sight

Broke On: Wednesday, 03 July 2024 On July 3, 2024, a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket launched from Cape Canaveral at 5 a.m., carrying 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. Residents in the Hampton Roads region and beyond reported seeing the rocket in the sky, solving the mystery of an unusual sighting. Despite technical issues causing a two-hour delay, the first stage returned to Earth eight minutes later.
AT&T and Verizon Network Outage Affects Tens of Thousands of Customers on February 22nd

AT&T and Verizon Network Outage Affects Tens of Thousands of Customers on February 22nd

Broke On: Thursday, 22 February 2024 On February 22nd, AT&T and Verizon experienced a network outage that affected wireless service in various cities across the US. Tens of thousands of customers reported no service during this time, while nearly 30,111 customers nationwide experienced an issue.