WPXI-TV - Pittsburgh

WPXI-TV is a news station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station covers local and national news, weather updates, and sports events. Their reporting focuses on providing accurate information to their audience while maintaining a high level of readability in their articles. The site features primary topics such as COVID-19 variants, severe flooding incidents, lunar landers built in Pittsburgh, Social Security Administration overpayments and investigative journalism. The site does not show any significant biases or conflicts of interest but has been found to contain minor deceptive practices and contradictions in some of their articles.

70%

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

95%

Examples:

  • The articles provided show no clear bias.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article 'Lunar lander built on Pittsburgh's North Side will head to the moon Monday' mentions that Astrobotic has been headquartered on Pittsburgh's North Shore for 16 years. This statement is deceptive as it implies that Astrobotic was founded in Pittsburgh and has always been based there. However, the company was actually founded in California and moved to Pennsylvania later.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • There are minor contradictions in the article 'Lunar lander built on Pittsburgh's North Side will head to the moon Monday'. The article states that the Peregrine mission is partially funded by NASA, but also mentions that six other payloads represent countries that have never touched down on the moon before, including Mexico, Germany, and the UK. This creates confusion as it is not clear whether these countries are also partially funding the mission.

Deceptions

62%

Examples:

  • The statement 'Astrobotic has been headquartered on Pittsburgh's North Shore for 16 years' in the article 'Lunar lander built on Pittsburgh's North Side will head to the moon Monday' is deceptive as it implies that Astrobotic was founded in Pittsburgh and has always been based there. However, the company was actually founded in California and moved to Pennsylvania later.
  • The statement 'Peregrine will be a commercial lunar lander' in the same article is misleading as no details are provided on its intended use or purpose other than delivering payloads to the moon.

Recent Articles

  • Flood Warning Issued in Western Pennsylvania and Indiana on Friday Morning

    Flood Warning Issued in Western Pennsylvania and Indiana on Friday Morning

    Broke On: Friday, 12 April 2024 Flood warning issued in western Pennsylvania and Indiana on Friday morning by National Weather Service.
  • ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Attempt First US Moon Landing in Over Half a Century on January 8th, 2024

    ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Attempt First US Moon Landing in Over Half a Century on January 8th, 2024

    Broke On: Monday, 08 January 2024
      A United Launch Alliance rocket carrying Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine lunar lander will attempt the first US moon landing in over 50 years on January 8th, 2024. This mission marks ULA's first launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket and could pave the way for more affordable space missions.