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