Raquel Ciampi

Raquel Ciampi is a reporter for WMTW News. She covers local news in Maine and has been with the station since 2019. She joined the Maine's CW team as an anchor/reporter in June of 2018 after spending two years at KXLY TV in Spokane, Washington. There she covered a variety of stories including breaking news, weather and sports. Before moving to the Pacific Northwest, Raquel was based in Bangor where she worked as an anchor/reporter for WABI TV5 from 2014-2016. Raquel is a proud graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and minors in Spanish and Political Science. She was born and raised in Massachusetts but fell in love with Maine during her time at college. Raquel is passionate about telling stories that matter to the people of Maine. She enjoys meeting new people, exploring new places and learning something new every day.

Biography:  https://www.wmtw.com/news-team/4a0a8774-983a-4c94-a3b0-d2630c50cec6

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 claims that restoration efforts will likely take multiple days.
  • The article states that 'CMP now says half of those customers now have been restored.'

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article is likely written by a journalist who works for WMTW and has a vested interest in promoting their own news coverage.
  • There is no disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest or sponsored content.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Central Maine Power is reminding people not to try and remove any trees or limbs that have power lines in them.
  • CMP's own website and social media accounts show that they have only restored power to approximately 150,000 customers as of Sunday morning.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article does not provide any evidence to support its claims that restoration efforts will take multiple days and that half of the customers have been restored.
  • The article uses vague language such as 'likely' and 'possibly' without providing any specific details or sources.

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