McKenna Ross

McKenna Ross is a gaming and tourism reporter who joined The Review-Journal in June 2021 as a business reporter covering Southern Nevada nonprofits and the charity sector. She previously reported for MLive, an online news site based in Michigan, where she interned at several other publications including The Oregonian, Gongwer News Service and WKAR News. Ross is a corps member with Report for America (RFA), a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on important issues affecting their communities.

Biography:  https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/mckenna-ross/

22%

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 poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

10%

Examples:

  • The article is biased towards the Tropicana and its closure. The title implies that all items from the Tropicana are for sale when only a portion of them are available.

Conflicts of Interest

20%

Examples:

  • The author has a professional interest in covering the gaming and tourism industry. The Tropicana is closing which may affect her ability to report on other topics related to the industry.

Contradictions

5%

Examples:

  • There were no major contradictions found in this article.

Deceptions

15%

Examples:

  • There were minor deceptions found in this article such as implying that all items from the Tropicana are for sale when only a portion of them are available.

Recent Articles

The Tropicana Las Vegas, A Historic Hotel-Casino Closing Its Doors After 65 Years

The Tropicana Las Vegas, A Historic Hotel-Casino Closing Its Doors After 65 Years

Broke On: Monday, 01 April 2024 The Tropicana Las Vegas, a hotel-casino that opened in 1956 and cost $15 million to build with ties to organized crime through reputed mobster Frank Costello, is closing its doors at noon Tuesday after being the third oldest on the Strip.