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