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