Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a popular newspaper in Australia, published from and headquartered in Australia. In this article, Mediabuzz is going to analyze Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s media bias and Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s factual reporting on the basis of its coverage, language used, presidential endorsements, media reports, research and blind surveys. We have also commented on the left or right biasedness of the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) along with its factual accuracy.
Media Bias Analysis Summary
After thorough research, we will conclude whether the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)is Left Leaning, Right Leaning or Centred in its approach. For Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), we will go through several researches, studies, blind surveys, headline analysis, etc. to comment on Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s media bias. Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media bias meter out of all the seven possible meters shown here.
Factual Reporting Summary
For commenting on the factual accuracy of the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), we will flip through previous news articles of the publication and observe if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has published any factually incorrect information. Based on this, we will conclude that we have commented on the factual accuracy of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media reliability meter out of all the three possible meters shown here.
A. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Media Bias Analysis
Under this section, we will briefly explain the factors that contribute towards our media bias conclusion for Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). We will observe, analyse and comment on the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) language used, presidential endorsement, controversies, allegations, political views of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s editors, etc. to support our inference.
1. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Emotional Influence & Adjectives in Headlines
We will rummage through previous headlines of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) to look out for usage of influential language, adjectives, emotionally charged words, etc. that suggests any bias of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) towards any side of the spectrum.
2. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Endorsement of President
Endorsement of presidential candidates in elections comments strongly about a newspaper’s affiliation towards left or right. We will look out for candidates that Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has endorsed in previous presidential elections to support Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s political bias.
3. Political leader’s Criticism of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
A political leader’s frequent criticism of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) will also suggest about political inclination of the newspaper. In this section, we will observe if any political leader has criticised Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) in the past to support our arguments.
4. Allegations on Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
Under this section, we will look out for any previous allegations against Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) by any political leader, party, organization or readers to support if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is biased towards left, right or center.
5. Media Bias Articles from Research Papers, Institutions, etc.
Several reputed fact checking and media bias analytics organizations conduct thorough surveys and research to write about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) media bias. To substantiate our claims about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s media bias inclination, we will cite these highly reliable sources and research from reputed organizations.
6. Audience of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
The audience of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) also strongly suggests its media bias. Therefore, to further substantiate our claims, we will write about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s audience whether they are democrats or republicans in their political affinities.
7. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s controversial statements and tweets
Several newspapers make controversial statements or tweets on social media that reflect their affinity towards any ideology. We will flip through Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) social media accounts to look for clues that suggests Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) media bias.
8. Popular editors of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
Any popular person or editor associated with the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) will also speak a lot about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s media bias. We will analyze popular persons or editors of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) that are directly or indirectly linked to any political party or ideology.
9. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) CEO’s political views
In this section, we will look if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) CEO supports or sponsors any political party directly or indirectly. We will look for his tweets, statements, opinion pieces, and controversies that will take us towards Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s media bias.
B. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Factual Reporting Analysis
After Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) media bias, we will write about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s factual reporting, to check whether Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is reliable or not. There are several parameters on which we will be analyzing Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s factual accuracies and will comment if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has ever published any false or misleading reports.
1. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s misleading or false news articles
We will look for Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s previous history if it has ever intentionally or unintentionally published any fake news, false or misleading reports to influence audience. We will also write about false claims made by Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) in its Op-Ed or news section.
2. Popular Fact-Checking Organizations’ Analysis of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
Several fact-checking organizations including Politico, FactCheck, Snopes, Poynter, etc. conduct frequent fact-check on news articles published by newspapers. We will list down fact-checks that mentioned Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) to suggest if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has published false stories in the past or not.
3. Sources of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
Sources quotes by newspapers are also indicative of their reliability. We will check the sources quoted by Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) in their news stories to find out if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is factually reliable or not.
C. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Reliability Ratings by Fact-Checking Organizations
Several organizations across the globe independently conduct thorough research and studies on the pattern of news coverage by mainstream media. These websites study the articles published by the news media with the help of professionals and rate them on the basis of bias and reliability. Under this section, we will find out what other fact-checking organizations and media monitors have to say about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH).
D. History of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is based out of Australia and primarily published from Australia . In this section, we will comment about the history of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) including Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) founder, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) publisher, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) circulation and Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) headquarters.
E. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Funding & Ownership
Under this section, mediabuzz will write about Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s investors, stakeholders and owners to analyze how Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)’s media bias and factual reliability is affected.
F. Readers of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
Under this section, we will provide you approximate numbers of readers Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) enjoy. It will also have an age-wise, demographic-wise, gender-wise and political opinion-wise distribution of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) audience.
G. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Media Bias and Credibility – Conclusion
After a thorough analysis of Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) on the above mentioned parameters, we will sum up if Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a left, center or right biased newspaper. Based on the analysis, we will offer a judgement on whether Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a reliable or unreliable publication when factual reporting is concerned.