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