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