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