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