Angie Ricono,

Investigative Reporter Angie Ricono joined the KCTV5 News team as an investigative reporter in October 2015. Before that, she worked in Philadelphia and Lexington. Angie has won awards for her reporting including a Regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigations. She was also named AP's Reporter of the Year in New Jersey for her coverage related to the September 11 attacks and the beltway sniper. At KCTV5, Angie looks into closed cases, legal issues and policies and procedures that don’t make sense. Local man shown in viral video charged in animal cruelty case Updated: Jan. 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM UTC | By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander A Pleasant Hill, MO, man is charged with dog cruelty in a case that has gone viral on social media. Matt Fiala faces three charges from an incident at his home on January 2 after a video was shared directly with the police. Woman admits pregnancy and loses health care coverage Updated: Nov. 10, 2023 at 4:38 AM UTC | By Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander A young woman loses her health care coverage after she marked that she was pregnant while updating information on her Marketplace application.

Biography:  https://www.kctv5.com/authors/angie-ricono/

56%

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:

  • Balance on property taxes more than $28,000
  • Default judgement of $32,554 for a roofing company
  • Foreclosure proceedings

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • The current balance was more than $28,000.

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