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