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