West Australian is a popular newspaper in Australia, published from and headquartered in Australia. In this article, Mediabuzz is going to analyze West Australian’s media bias and West Australian’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 West Australian along with its factual accuracy.
Media Bias Analysis Summary
After thorough research, we will conclude whether the West Australianis Left Leaning, Right Leaning or Centred in its approach. For West Australian, we will go through several researches, studies, blind surveys, headline analysis, etc. to comment on West Australian’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 West Australian, we will flip through previous news articles of the publication and observe if West Australian has published any factually incorrect information. Based on this, we will conclude that we have commented on the factual accuracy of West Australian. Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media reliability meter out of all the three possible meters shown here.
A. West Australian Media Bias Analysis
Under this section, we will briefly explain the factors that contribute towards our media bias conclusion for West Australian. We will observe, analyse and comment on the West Australian language used, presidential endorsement, controversies, allegations, political views of West Australian’s editors, etc. to support our inference.
1. West Australian Emotional Influence & Adjectives in Headlines
We will rummage through previous headlines of West Australian to look out for usage of influential language, adjectives, emotionally charged words, etc. that suggests any bias of West Australian towards any side of the spectrum.
2. West Australian 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 West Australian has endorsed in previous presidential elections to support West Australian’s political bias.
3. Political leader’s Criticism of West Australian
A political leader’s frequent criticism of West Australian will also suggest about political inclination of the newspaper. In this section, we will observe if any political leader has criticised West Australian in the past to support our arguments.
4. Allegations on West Australian
Under this section, we will look out for any previous allegations against West Australian by any political leader, party, organization or readers to support if West Australian 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 West Australian media bias. To substantiate our claims about West Australian’s media bias inclination, we will cite these highly reliable sources and research from reputed organizations.
6. Audience of West Australian
The audience of West Australian also strongly suggests its media bias. Therefore, to further substantiate our claims, we will write about West Australian’s audience whether they are democrats or republicans in their political affinities.
7. West Australian’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 West Australian social media accounts to look for clues that suggests West Australian media bias.
8. Popular editors of West Australian
Any popular person or editor associated with the West Australian will also speak a lot about West Australian’s media bias. We will analyze popular persons or editors of West Australian that are directly or indirectly linked to any political party or ideology.
9. West Australian CEO’s political views
In this section, we will look if West Australian 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 West Australian’s media bias.
B. West Australian Factual Reporting Analysis
After West Australian media bias, we will write about West Australian’s factual reporting, to check whether West Australian is reliable or not. There are several parameters on which we will be analyzing West Australian’s factual accuracies and will comment if West Australian has ever published any false or misleading reports.
1. West Australian’s misleading or false news articles
We will look for West Australian’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 West Australian in its Op-Ed or news section.
2. Popular Fact-Checking Organizations’ Analysis of West Australian
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 West Australian to suggest if West Australian has published false stories in the past or not.
3. Sources of West Australian
Sources quotes by newspapers are also indicative of their reliability. We will check the sources quoted by West Australian in their news stories to find out if West Australian is factually reliable or not.
C. West Australian 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 West Australian.
D. History of West Australian
West Australian is based out of Australia and primarily published from Australia . In this section, we will comment about the history of West Australian including West Australian founder, West Australian publisher, West Australian circulation and West Australian headquarters.
E. West Australian Funding & Ownership
Under this section, mediabuzz will write about West Australian’s investors, stakeholders and owners to analyze how West Australian’s media bias and factual reliability is affected.
F. Readers of West Australian
Under this section, we will provide you approximate numbers of readers West Australian enjoy. It will also have an age-wise, demographic-wise, gender-wise and political opinion-wise distribution of West Australian audience.
G. West Australian Media Bias and Credibility – Conclusion
After a thorough analysis of West Australian on the above mentioned parameters, we will sum up if West Australian is a left, center or right biased newspaper. Based on the analysis, we will offer a judgement on whether West Australian is a reliable or unreliable publication when factual reporting is concerned.