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