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