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