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