Matt Clinch,

Matt Clinch is the managing editor of CNBC International Digital overseeing news agenda across Europe, Asia and Middle East and administers day-to-day operations in London, Singapore, Dubai and Beijing. He plans generates story ideas assign edits manages resources supervises staff.

Biography:  https://www.cnbc.com/matt-clinch/

76%

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

75%

Examples:

  • He also relies on unnamed sources from social media platforms without verifying their credibility or authority.
  • The author is biased towards negative reporting of McDonald's system failure. He uses words like 'suffers', 'forcing', and 'halt' to create a negative impression of the company.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The author has no apparent conflicts of interest with McDonald's. He is an editor for CNBC International Digital and reports on the company without any personal stake in it.

Contradictions

80%

Examples:

  • He does not provide any evidence that the system failure was a one-time event or recurring problem.
  • The outage was caused by a third-party provider during a configuration change. Problems were also reported in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • He uses false dilemmas by implying that McDonald's has a successful business model or not. He also leaves out important information such as financial impact of the system failure.

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