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