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