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