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