Matt Evans

Matt Evans joined the team at KMBC in 2013. He grew up watching KMBC in his hometown of Clinton, Missouri, and is honored to be reporting and anchoring alongside the talented journalists here. Matt is an Emmy award-winning journalist, earning recognition for news writing and feature reporting. Since joining KMBC, Matt has helped lead the station’s coverage of countless stories in our area. His favorite stories have been flying with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, covering the 2015 World Series, and producing an hourlong documentary on the Missouri River 340. Prior to joining KMBC, Matt was an anchor and reporter at KOMU-TV, the lead statehouse reporter and editor for KMOX Radio, and reporter and anchor for the Missourinet statewide radio news network. Matt began his broadcast career as a country music DJ and board operator at KDKD-FM in Clinton in 2008. He also has worked as a reporter, anchor, host and sports play-by-play broadcaster for radio stations in Columbia and Springfield, Missouri. Matt is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He’s been a Royals, Chiefs and Mizzou fan his whole life and always cheers on our local teams. Matt and his family enjoy exploring all parts of Kansas City and finding new things to do in the town we all love. Request Matt Evans for an appearance. Stories by Matt Evans

Biography:  https://www.kmbc.com/news-team/b8e55328-343e-4360-9e23-b78b45b2eb9d

79%

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 mentions that while the teams say they want to stay in Jackson County, moving somewhere else in the Kansas City area is also possible.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Clay County leaders say they have had great working relationship with the team even though no contact has been made yet

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

  • The article uses strong words like 'rejected' and 'hoping to restart negotiations' which imply a more contentious situation than what the facts suggest.

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