Michael Goot

Michael Goot is a journalist who works for WNYT. He covers news stories in New York and has been with the station since 2018.

Biography:  https://wnyt.com/top-stories/albany-law-professor-ripped-for-praise-of-palestinians-tearing-down-the-walls-of-colonialism/

50%

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

60%

Examples:

  • The author also shows bias by using phrases such as ‘truth’ and ‘mercy’, which are used to describe Monahan's actions but also serve to demonize him.
  • The author uses language that dehumanizes the defendant and portrays him as an extreme case of evil.

Conflicts of Interest

40%

Examples:

  • However, the article is from WNYT which may be biased towards certain viewpoints.
  • The author does not appear to have any conflict of interest as they are reporting on a news event.

Contradictions

55%

Examples:

  • Monahan shot and killed Kaylin Gillis in his driveway last April.
  • The title mentions that Monahan was convicted of killing Kaylin Gillis but he has been found guilty on second-degree murder charges which does not accurately reflect the content of the article.

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • The title and some sentences in the article do not accurately reflect the content of the article.
  • This could mislead readers about what happened in the case.

Recent Articles

Tragic Accident: Young Woman Killed by Friend in Hebron Driveway

Tragic Accident: Young Woman Killed by Friend in Hebron Driveway

Broke On: Friday, 01 March 2024 On April 20, 2023, a young woman named Kaylin Gillis was killed by Kevin Monahan in his driveway. The group of friends that she was with mistakenly turned up to the wrong property and accidentally drove onto Monahan's long winding driveway at around 9:45 p.m. As they were trying to leave, Monahan fired two shots from a shotgun, killing Gillis in the passenger seat of an SUV with her boyfriend and two friends outside his home on Patterson Hill Road in Hebron.