LEFT-CENTER BIAS
These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.
- Overall, we rate The Daily Monitor Left-Center biased based on editorial positions and story selection that moderately favor the left. We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to poor sourcing techniques, a lack of transparency with shareholders, and originating from a country with limited press freedoms.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: Uganda
Press Freedom Rating: LIMITED FREEDOM
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
History
Launched in 1992, The Daily Monitor is a Ugandan daily newspaper. The Daily Monitor is headquartered in Kampala-Uganda. The newspaper covers national and world news. It also has dedicated sections for news analysis, op-eds, special reports, and a Kenya edition.
Read our profile on Uganda’s media and government.
Funded by / Ownership
The Daily Monitor is a subsidiary of Monitor Publications Ltd, owned by The Nation Media Group, a Nairobi-based media conglomerate, and five other individual shareholders, which names are not disclosed. Nation Media Group also owns Business Daily, The East African, Taifa Leo, NTV, and QFM. The owner of Nation Media Group is Aga Khan. Revenue is derived through advertising.
Analysis / Bias
The Daily Monitor publishes articles with strong, emotionally loaded language, such as “‘Give my wife a big soda’, suspected lesbian teacher told shopkeeper.” A quote from the article reads, “He added: And they used to come together; she could not come without that woman she called her wife. You couldn’t understand her because she always had dreadlocks and donned baggy masculine trousers. I have never seen her putting on a skirt.”
The Daily Monitor publishes critical articles about the right-wing populist President Museveni “Ugandans are lazy, Museveni tells S.African business community.” A quote from the article reads, “In his foreign and local engagements, Mr. Museveni has consistently, without statistical proof, accused Ugandans of being lazy in front of their business competitors.” In another article, they criticize Prime Minister Nabbanja (Right-wing populist), “Other countries have safety nets, we have Nabbanja.”
On the other hand, the Daily Monitor publishes articles with a pro-opposition tone for Bobi Wine (Center-Left): ”Bobi Wine’s lonely walk to election day.”
When it comes to sourcing, The Daily Monitor typically source through quotes such as in this article titled “Politicians ‘influencing’ transfer of teachers” they use quotes and interviews, and they mention sources without disclosing them “Sources said transferring civil servants aims at strengthening and ensuring effective service delivery.”
In general, the Daily Monitor holds a left-leaning editorial bias and is reasonably fact-based; however, they poorly source information, are not fully transparent on shareholders, and the country has limited press freedom.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate The Daily Monitor Left-Center biased based on editorial positions and story selection that moderately favor the left. We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to poor sourcing techniques, a lack of transparency with shareholders, and originating from a country with limited press freedoms. (M. Huitsing 03/06/2023)
Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/
Last Updated on March 6, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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