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