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