Amy Maetzold

Amy Maetzold is a digital producer at KCAL News. She started her journalism career in Wisconsin where she was a producer at NBC15 and Spectrum News 1. Before coming to KCAL, Amy covered news in Santa Barbara at KEYT, winning a group Emmy Award for team coverage on the Alisal Fire.

Biography:  https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/investigation-underway-after-3-year-old-killed-in-lancaster/

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:

  • It was unclear what led police to identify Jones as the suspect.
  • The article uses sensationalism by describing the attacks as 'brutal'

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Anthony Jones was arrested as the suspect for both attacks.
  • The attacks had a sexual element to them.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • Science and health articles that imply facts without linking to peer-reviewed studies which have not been retraced are present with the statement 'both victims sustained significant injuries' but no evidence or scientific study is provided to support this claim
  • Selective reporting is used when only two incidents are mentioned despite stating that there were multiple victims in the original title

Recent Articles

LAPD Arrests Anthony Jones for Violent Attacks on Women Near Venice Canals

LAPD Arrests Anthony Jones for Violent Attacks on Women Near Venice Canals

Broke On: Saturday, 13 April 2024 On April 12, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced that Anthony Jones had been arrested for his role in two violent attacks on women near Venice Canals. The first attack occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6th in the 2700 block of Strongs Drive and resulted in a woman losing her teeth and being barely able to speak after surviving a vicious attack.