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