Katie Kloppenburg

Katie Kloppenburg is a Digital Content Coordinator at Boise State Public Radio. She graduated from Boise State in 2020 with degrees in Journalism and Public Relations and her Master's Degree in Digital Audience Strategy from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication through Arizona State University. She has worked as a broadcast television producer before joining BSPR. She helps improve their social media presence, studies analytics to make adjustments to strategy and tries to reach as many people as possible with their content.

Biography:  https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/people/katie-kloppenburg

63%

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:

  • The article uses language that dehumanizes those who hold opposing views
  • The title mentions Skylar Meade as an escaped inmate but does not mention that he was being taken to a hospital for medical treatment at the time of his escape.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • An Idaho inmate escaped custody during an early Wednesday morning ambush at a Boise area hospital that left three corrections officers wounded. The attack and escape happened at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center as inmate Skylar Meade was being discharged from the hospital just after 2 a.m. MT.
  • Skylar Meade, who has been serving time for aggravated battery on a law enforcement official with a firearm enhancement, was being taken to Saint Alphonsus in Boise at 2:15 a.m. for medical treatment
  • The execution of Thomas Creech scheduled for Wednesday morning was canceled at 11 a.m.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article does not provide any information about the motive or details of the ambush
  • The article implies that Skylar Meade was a violent and dangerous inmate without providing any evidence or context
  • The article omits important facts about Thomas Creech's case, such as his involvement in multiple murders and rapes.

Recent Articles

Idaho Inmate Escapes from Custody in Coordinated Attack on Corrections Officers at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

Idaho Inmate Escapes from Custody in Coordinated Attack on Corrections Officers at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

Broke On: Thursday, 21 March 2024 On March 21, 2024, an Idaho inmate named Skylar Meade escaped from custody during a coordinated attack on corrections officers at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. An unknown suspect attacked and fired at the officers, striking two of them before fleeing in a gray four-door sedan.