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