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