KAKE Television

KAKE Television is a local news station serving Wichita and surrounding areas in Kansas. The station has been broadcasting since 1954 and is an ABC affiliate. KAKE provides nearly 40 hours of locally-produced news coverage each week, including good morning Kansas and KAKE News at 10. The station also offers severe weather coverage for viewers in northwest, northcentral, and southwestern Kansas through its satellite stations KLBY, KHDS-LD, and KUPK. In February 2016, Lockwood Broadcast Group acquired the station.

93%

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 is known for its high journalistic standards. It strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. It has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

88%

Examples:

  • The source is a local television station that provides news coverage for Wichita and surrounding areas.

Conflicts of Interest

94%

Examples:

  • KAKE Television is owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • No unique examples of contradictions found.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

  • No unique examples of deceptive practices found.

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