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