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