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