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