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