702 (FM Radio Channel) is a popular newspaper in South Africa, published from and headquartered in South Africa. In this article, Mediabuzz is going to analyze 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s media bias and 702 (FM Radio Channel)’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 702 (FM Radio Channel) along with its factual accuracy.
Media Bias Analysis Summary
After thorough research, we will conclude whether the 702 (FM Radio Channel)is Left Leaning, Right Leaning or Centred in its approach. For 702 (FM Radio Channel), we will go through several researches, studies, blind surveys, headline analysis, etc. to comment on 702 (FM Radio Channel)’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 702 (FM Radio Channel), we will flip through previous news articles of the publication and observe if 702 (FM Radio Channel) has published any factually incorrect information. Based on this, we will conclude that we have commented on the factual accuracy of 702 (FM Radio Channel). Based on the above analysis, we will assign one of the media reliability meter out of all the three possible meters shown here.
A. 702 (FM Radio Channel) Media Bias Analysis
Under this section, we will briefly explain the factors that contribute towards our media bias conclusion for 702 (FM Radio Channel). We will observe, analyse and comment on the 702 (FM Radio Channel) language used, presidential endorsement, controversies, allegations, political views of 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s editors, etc. to support our inference.
1. 702 (FM Radio Channel) Emotional Influence & Adjectives in Headlines
We will rummage through previous headlines of 702 (FM Radio Channel) to look out for usage of influential language, adjectives, emotionally charged words, etc. that suggests any bias of 702 (FM Radio Channel) towards any side of the spectrum.
2. 702 (FM Radio Channel) 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 702 (FM Radio Channel) has endorsed in previous presidential elections to support 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s political bias.
3. Political leader’s Criticism of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
A political leader’s frequent criticism of 702 (FM Radio Channel) will also suggest about political inclination of the newspaper. In this section, we will observe if any political leader has criticised 702 (FM Radio Channel) in the past to support our arguments.
4. Allegations on 702 (FM Radio Channel)
Under this section, we will look out for any previous allegations against 702 (FM Radio Channel) by any political leader, party, organization or readers to support if 702 (FM Radio Channel) 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 702 (FM Radio Channel) media bias. To substantiate our claims about 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s media bias inclination, we will cite these highly reliable sources and research from reputed organizations.
6. Audience of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
The audience of 702 (FM Radio Channel) also strongly suggests its media bias. Therefore, to further substantiate our claims, we will write about 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s audience whether they are democrats or republicans in their political affinities.
7. 702 (FM Radio Channel)’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 702 (FM Radio Channel) social media accounts to look for clues that suggests 702 (FM Radio Channel) media bias.
8. Popular editors of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
Any popular person or editor associated with the 702 (FM Radio Channel) will also speak a lot about 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s media bias. We will analyze popular persons or editors of 702 (FM Radio Channel) that are directly or indirectly linked to any political party or ideology.
9. 702 (FM Radio Channel) CEO’s political views
In this section, we will look if 702 (FM Radio Channel) 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 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s media bias.
B. 702 (FM Radio Channel) Factual Reporting Analysis
After 702 (FM Radio Channel) media bias, we will write about 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s factual reporting, to check whether 702 (FM Radio Channel) is reliable or not. There are several parameters on which we will be analyzing 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s factual accuracies and will comment if 702 (FM Radio Channel) has ever published any false or misleading reports.
1. 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s misleading or false news articles
We will look for 702 (FM Radio Channel)’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 702 (FM Radio Channel) in its Op-Ed or news section.
2. Popular Fact-Checking Organizations’ Analysis of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
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 702 (FM Radio Channel) to suggest if 702 (FM Radio Channel) has published false stories in the past or not.
3. Sources of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
Sources quotes by newspapers are also indicative of their reliability. We will check the sources quoted by 702 (FM Radio Channel) in their news stories to find out if 702 (FM Radio Channel) is factually reliable or not.
C. 702 (FM Radio Channel) 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 702 (FM Radio Channel).
D. History of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
702 (FM Radio Channel) is based out of South Africa and primarily published from South Africa . In this section, we will comment about the history of 702 (FM Radio Channel) including 702 (FM Radio Channel) founder, 702 (FM Radio Channel) publisher, 702 (FM Radio Channel) circulation and 702 (FM Radio Channel) headquarters.
E. 702 (FM Radio Channel) Funding & Ownership
Under this section, mediabuzz will write about 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s investors, stakeholders and owners to analyze how 702 (FM Radio Channel)’s media bias and factual reliability is affected.
F. Readers of 702 (FM Radio Channel)
Under this section, we will provide you approximate numbers of readers 702 (FM Radio Channel) enjoy. It will also have an age-wise, demographic-wise, gender-wise and political opinion-wise distribution of 702 (FM Radio Channel) audience.
G. 702 (FM Radio Channel) Media Bias and Credibility – Conclusion
After a thorough analysis of 702 (FM Radio Channel) on the above mentioned parameters, we will sum up if 702 (FM Radio Channel) is a left, center or right biased newspaper. Based on the analysis, we will offer a judgement on whether 702 (FM Radio Channel) is a reliable or unreliable publication when factual reporting is concerned.