WTEN-TV (NEWS10 ABC)

WTEN-TV, also known as NEWS10 ABC, is an ABC television network affiliate serving Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga and surrounding communities. The station provides a variety of news coverage throughout the day with multiple hours of news programming on both NEWS10 ABC and FOX23. The primary topics reported on by WTEN include local and national news, politics, weather forecasts, and civil cases. The station has a focus on providing unbiased reporting; however, some biases and contradictions have been identified in certain articles.

88%

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 news site 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 its reporting.

Bias

90%

Examples:

  • Biases found in the reporting include personal experiences and opinions of individuals involved in trials, echoing of political claims from Donald Trump Jr., and potential politically motivated civil fraud claims.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • No conflicts of interest were found in the reporting.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • A contradiction was found in the reporting of a sentence length for a criminal case.

Deceptions

75%

Examples:

  • Deceptive practices found include misleading sentence length in a title and potentially politically motivated civil fraud claims.

Recent Articles

  • New York State Warns of Dangerous Synthetic Sedative Detected in Drug Samples: Medetomidine and Fentanyl Combination Pose Threat

    New York State Warns of Dangerous Synthetic Sedative Detected in Drug Samples: Medetomidine and Fentanyl Combination Pose Threat

    Broke On: Friday, 24 May 2024 The New York State Department of Health has issued a public health alert over medetomidine, a high-potency synthetic sedative found in drug samples in Schenectady and Syracuse. The substance, often mixed with fentanyl, is more potent than xylazine and can have severe effects on the central nervous system.
  • Tragic Accident: Young Woman Killed by Friend in Hebron Driveway

    Tragic Accident: Young Woman Killed by Friend in Hebron Driveway

    Broke On: Friday, 01 March 2024 On April 20, 2023, a young woman named Kaylin Gillis was killed by Kevin Monahan in his driveway. The group of friends that she was with mistakenly turned up to the wrong property and accidentally drove onto Monahan's long winding driveway at around 9:45 p.m. As they were trying to leave, Monahan fired two shots from a shotgun, killing Gillis in the passenger seat of an SUV with her boyfriend and two friends outside his home on Patterson Hill Road in Hebron.

  • US Military Osprey Aircraft Crashes Off Japan Coast, At Least One Dead

    Broke On: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 A U.S. military V-22 Osprey aircraft carrying six people crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, resulting in at least one confirmed fatality. The aircraft was reportedly trying to make an emergency landing at Kagoshima Airport prior to the crash, with its left engine on fire. This incident is the latest in a series of Osprey crashes, with previous accidents occurring in Australia, California, Norway, and a 2016 crash off the Okinawa coast.

  • Donald Trump Jr. Testifies in New York Civil Fraud Trial

    Broke On: Monday, 13 November 2023 Donald Trump Jr. has returned to the witness stand in the New York civil fraud trial against his father's real estate empire. The lawsuit alleges that the Trumps inflated their wealth on financial statements to secure loans and make deals. Donald Trump Jr. testified that he never worked on the financial statements and relied on the company's finance chief and outside accountants for their accuracy. The defense plans to call several expert witnesses to refute testimony from state witnesses.

  • Shift in Weather Patterns Expected Across U.S. with Colder Temperatures and Rain

    Broke On: Sunday, 29 October 2023 Mild weather expected in DC area on Sunday, followed by a cooler Halloween Rain showers to continue on Sunday as colder air moves in Sunday will be the last warm day before a significant drop in temperature Cold rain predicted for Sunday