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