Zanzibar 24 is a popular newspaper in Tanzania, published from and headquartered in Tanzania. In this article, Mediabuzz is going to analyze Zanzibar 24’s media bias and Zanzibar 24’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 Zanzibar 24 along with its factual accuracy.
Media Bias Analysis Summary
After thorough research, we will conclude whether the Zanzibar 24is Left Leaning, Right Leaning or Centred in its approach. For Zanzibar 24, we will go through several researches, studies, blind surveys, headline analysis, etc. to comment on Zanzibar 24’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 Zanzibar 24, we will flip through previous news articles of the publication and observe if Zanzibar 24 has published any factually incorrect information. Based on this, we will conclude that we have commented on the factual accuracy of Zanzibar 24. Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media reliability meter out of all the three possible meters shown here.
A. Zanzibar 24 Media Bias Analysis
Under this section, we will briefly explain the factors that contribute towards our media bias conclusion for Zanzibar 24. We will observe, analyse and comment on the Zanzibar 24 language used, presidential endorsement, controversies, allegations, political views of Zanzibar 24’s editors, etc. to support our inference.
1. Zanzibar 24 Emotional Influence & Adjectives in Headlines
We will rummage through previous headlines of Zanzibar 24 to look out for usage of influential language, adjectives, emotionally charged words, etc. that suggests any bias of Zanzibar 24 towards any side of the spectrum.
2. Zanzibar 24 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 Zanzibar 24 has endorsed in previous presidential elections to support Zanzibar 24’s political bias.
3. Political leader’s Criticism of Zanzibar 24
A political leader’s frequent criticism of Zanzibar 24 will also suggest about political inclination of the newspaper. In this section, we will observe if any political leader has criticised Zanzibar 24 in the past to support our arguments.
4. Allegations on Zanzibar 24
Under this section, we will look out for any previous allegations against Zanzibar 24 by any political leader, party, organization or readers to support if Zanzibar 24 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 Zanzibar 24 media bias. To substantiate our claims about Zanzibar 24’s media bias inclination, we will cite these highly reliable sources and research from reputed organizations.
6. Audience of Zanzibar 24
The audience of Zanzibar 24 also strongly suggests its media bias. Therefore, to further substantiate our claims, we will write about Zanzibar 24’s audience whether they are democrats or republicans in their political affinities.
7. Zanzibar 24’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 Zanzibar 24 social media accounts to look for clues that suggests Zanzibar 24 media bias.
8. Popular editors of Zanzibar 24
Any popular person or editor associated with the Zanzibar 24 will also speak a lot about Zanzibar 24’s media bias. We will analyze popular persons or editors of Zanzibar 24 that are directly or indirectly linked to any political party or ideology.
9. Zanzibar 24 CEO’s political views
In this section, we will look if Zanzibar 24 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 Zanzibar 24’s media bias.
B. Zanzibar 24 Factual Reporting Analysis
After Zanzibar 24 media bias, we will write about Zanzibar 24’s factual reporting, to check whether Zanzibar 24 is reliable or not. There are several parameters on which we will be analyzing Zanzibar 24’s factual accuracies and will comment if Zanzibar 24 has ever published any false or misleading reports.
1. Zanzibar 24’s misleading or false news articles
We will look for Zanzibar 24’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 Zanzibar 24 in its Op-Ed or news section.
2. Popular Fact-Checking Organizations’ Analysis of Zanzibar 24
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 Zanzibar 24 to suggest if Zanzibar 24 has published false stories in the past or not.
3. Sources of Zanzibar 24
Sources quotes by newspapers are also indicative of their reliability. We will check the sources quoted by Zanzibar 24 in their news stories to find out if Zanzibar 24 is factually reliable or not.
C. Zanzibar 24 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 Zanzibar 24.
D. History of Zanzibar 24
Zanzibar 24 is based out of Tanzania and primarily published from Tanzania . In this section, we will comment about the history of Zanzibar 24 including Zanzibar 24 founder, Zanzibar 24 publisher, Zanzibar 24 circulation and Zanzibar 24 headquarters.
E. Zanzibar 24 Funding & Ownership
Under this section, mediabuzz will write about Zanzibar 24’s investors, stakeholders and owners to analyze how Zanzibar 24’s media bias and factual reliability is affected.
F. Readers of Zanzibar 24
Under this section, we will provide you approximate numbers of readers Zanzibar 24 enjoy. It will also have an age-wise, demographic-wise, gender-wise and political opinion-wise distribution of Zanzibar 24 audience.
G. Zanzibar 24 Media Bias and Credibility – Conclusion
After a thorough analysis of Zanzibar 24 on the above mentioned parameters, we will sum up if Zanzibar 24 is a left, center or right biased newspaper. Based on the analysis, we will offer a judgement on whether Zanzibar 24 is a reliable or unreliable publication when factual reporting is concerned.