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