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